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Re:Raspberry Pi 3 Model B confirmed, with onboard BT LE and ... by 2bitencryption on Friday February 26, 2016 @04:05PM (#11184228)
On the Pi 2, the ethernet port was really a USB-to-ethernet port plugged into a hidden USB port. So network speeds were limited to USB 2 speeds. I'm guessing the Pi 3 also works like this, instead of having pure onboard ethernet? But I don't know yet.
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Re:Raspberry Pi 3 Model B confirmed, with onboard BT LE and ... by morganvachon on Friday February 26, 2016 @06:41PM (#11185159)
> So network speeds were limited to USB 2 speeds

Given that USB 2.0 is 480Mb/s, and Ethernet is 100Mb/s, there is no bottleneck when using the Pi's Ethernet port. I really wish this myth that "Pi Ethernet is slower than dialup because USB" would just die.

Of course, like everyone else I'd love to see a new version of the Pi with Gigabit Ethernet directly connected to the system bus, and USB 3.0 while we're at it. But that would greatly increase the cost of the device and also require a newer SoC that supports such things.

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Re:Raspberry Pi 3 Model B confirmed, with onboard BT LE and ... by voltagex_ on Friday February 26, 2016 @07:54PM (#11185487)
>Pi Ethernet is slower than dialup because USB

I can't find any info to say which bus the MMC reader is connected to, but I know if you use a USB drive as well as the built in ethernet port, speed will suffer.

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Re:Raspberry Pi 3 Model B confirmed, with onboard BT LE and ... by duskwuff on Friday February 26, 2016 @10:48PM (#11185982)
None of them. The SD card connects directly to the CPU.
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Re:Raspberry Pi 3 Model B confirmed, with onboard BT LE and ... by random55643 on Saturday February 27, 2016 @04:24AM (#11186615)
I just want a 64bit one. I put in an order for a Pine 64.
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Re:Raspberry Pi 3 Model B confirmed, with onboard BT LE and ... by rasz_pl on Saturday February 27, 2016 @05:55PM (#11188878)
pee 3 will be 64bit :)
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Re:Raspberry Pi 3 Model B confirmed, with onboard BT LE and ... by random55643 on Sunday February 28, 2016 @03:47AM (#11190366)
What's a Pee 3? :)
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Re:Raspberry Pi 3 Model B confirmed, with onboard BT LE and ... by Relys on Friday February 26, 2016 @08:54PM (#11185672)
We can still dream can't we? I hope to see this in the future.
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Re:Raspberry Pi 3 Model B confirmed, with onboard BT LE and ... by khedoros on Friday February 26, 2016 @06:25PM (#11185061)
If it's using the same bcm2836 chip, then I think it'll have the same limitations. The markings on the chip in the pictures aren't quite legible enough to me, playing around in a photo editor, but it's marked the same way that the Pi2's chip is, from what I could see.
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