The Raspberry Pi Foundation has upgraded its Compute Module which is designed for embedded computing and industrial users wanting to produce customized products powered by the microprocessor, such as large-format smart displays.
The Foundation says the new CM3 module has a more flexible form factor, and more powerful internals — being based on last year’s beefed up Pi 3. This means its processor can run at up to 1.2HGz, and there’s 1GB of RAM — so 10x the CPU performance of the original Compute Module and twice the RAM.
The original CM1 board was released back in 2014 .
The Foundation notes that the CM3 can run Windows 10 IoT Core, noting that IoT projects can be ported from a Pi 3 to a custom CM3-based system “very easily”.
