As preparations for the London Show get hectic here in the RISCOSitory bunker, more news has arrived from R-Comp:
R-Comp and RCI are pleased to announce that we will be exhibiting at the London show this weekend.
We’ve already announced about our monitor offerings and software, so the main focus of this announcement (and of our stand in general) is our RISC OS Project N.Ex.T (NVMe Extreme Technology) encompassing N.Ex.T boxes, Hydra, mini.pi, Pinebook Pro and RK3399.
Visitors to the show will be able to see (and buy) a wide range of these systems, and try them out. Ask questions, and find out which system is right for you. The computers have been shipping since the spring, and have been well received by users.
Project N.Ex.T is designed not only to bring the state-of-the-art, high speed NVMe storage technology (which has almost completely replaced the old SATA SSDs in all new PC/Mac/Linux computers) to RISC OS, but to build a new, open source foundation for storage on RISC OS altogether, optimised for modern SSDs.
Right now, the project offers a fast, reliable NVMe platform based on expandable technology. Visitors will be able to find out about the first fruits of this expandability at the show where we’ll be letting you in on the lasted advancements. By developing a new storage platform, not just for NVMe but for RISC OS as a whole, the project aims to deliver the next generation of storage capabilities.
The project is based on our open source BlockDevices system, which is the same storage paradigm used on other operating systems. It allows the OS and developers to work in a standardised way with different underlying hardware, so that developments like partitioning, format handling, even RAID or iSCSI can be implemented once, rather than re-invented every time. This joined-up thinking is ideal for an OS like RISC OS, because we simply don’t have the man-power for these things to be constantly re-done.
Project N.Ex.T delivers key technologies:
- Fast NVMe storage (independent testers show it to deliver the fastest performance results for RISC OS)
- Compatibility – both with drives and differing hardware platforms – Pi, Pinebook Pro, RK399 etc
- Expandability – delivering features such as partitioning, 4Kn1 and more
- Built on open source for maintainability
Computers powered by the technology start at just £199 (mini.pi), and are available at different price points up to £599 (Hydra).
Each machine provides some of the fastest RISC OS performance available, comes with our highly acclaimed software and updates, and our signature backup and recovery systems to protect your data.
Designed as the successor to our much-loved iMX6 computer range, we welcome visitors to test out our exciting computers at the show, and we hope you’ll find your N.Ex.T new RISC OS friend.
Looking forward to seeing everyone there.
Best wishes,
Andrew
PS, if you are interested in Pinebook Pro at all, you may wish to make a beeline for our stand as stocks are limited.
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- 4Kn – the ‘n’ is short for ‘native’ – refers to a hard disc format with physical sectors (i.e. those on the disc) of 4,096 bytes (or sometimes very slightly larger), and where that is the size reported as the logical size.
