The new Compute Module is 10 times more powerful than its predecessor

Back in 2014, Raspberry Pi presented its Compute Module with SoC BCM2835, SODIMM DDR2 format and oriented to computing. Today its successor the Compute Module 3 was shown, with a performance 10 times higher. The type of market for this product is industrial applications that require significant power, such as some NEC smart TVs.

This one features the quad-core 2837GHz Cortex-A53 CM1.2, 1GB of RAM and a 4GB eMMC storage module. They've also released a "Lite" version that, instead of internal storage, includes the pins needed to solder in a micro-SD or eMMC card reader. Both modules can be swapped directly with the originals, for a hassle-free upgrade.

Its price will be 30 dollars is the normal version and 25 in the lite version. Some of the stores in which they will be available will be element14, FarnellUK y RS Components.

Main source: Arstechnica