SFF.Network Retro? Launch from Links – the LN5095W Fanless Mini PC

VGA? Celeron? What is this, 2006? Links International has launched the LN5095W, a fanless mini PC that at first glance seems like a time traveller. The little PC features an Intel Celeron N5095, a ‘Jasper Lake’ processor launched in 2021. For reference, ‘Jasper Lake’ is an architecture within the ‘Tremont’ family, which is in the Atom product stack. Pentium and Celeron just ain’t what they used to be, man. Nostalgia aside, the N5095 is a quad core, 15W processor running at 2.0GHz (boost to 2.9), with 16 EUs of Intel Gen 11 Iris graphics. A gaming powerhouse, this is not. 8GB of DDR4 feeds the ‘beast’.
Continuing with the nostalgia, the system’s rear IO includes a VGA port! More modern displays are supported with one each of an HDMI2.0 port and a DisplayPort 1.4 port. A pair pf RJ45 jacks for gigabit ethernet round out the rear IO (DC-in jack notwithstanding). Being a uSFF system, a lot of the ports have to be on the front as the real estate is understandably limited. Systems like...

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[Revenant]

I’m at a complete loss for the chip choice except that maybe these are recovered units from recycled hardware. It’s not powerful, or efficient compared to newer chips, and the IRIS graphics don’t offer anything unique like analog video output for that VGA port. The design of the case doesn’t look particularly industrial application safe either.

Maybe they made these back in 2021 and just forgot to ship them?

I suppose these might work for signage displays.

 

[confusis]

I get the feeling you might be right on the recycled chip/ old stock. Just slap an AI sticker on it and relaunch!

 

[Revenant]

I get the feeling you might be right on the recycled chip/ old stock. Just slap an AI sticker on it and relaunch!

Because AI, for AI, with AI…AYE EYE!!!