Radxa NIO 12L – A low-profile MediaTek Genio 1200 SBC with Ubuntu certification for at least 5 years of updates
Radxa NIO 12L is a low-profile single board computer (SBC) based on the MediaTek Genio 1200 octa-core Cortex-A78/A55 SoC with a 4 TOPS NPU that got Ubuntu certification with at least 5 years of software update, and up to 10 years for extra payment.
Radxa says Android, Ubuntu, and Yocto Linux will be supported. But the important part is the certified Ubuntu support as we reported for the MediaTek Genio 1200 EVK, since it means Canonical will be offering 5 years of software at no additional costs, and companies that need extended support can also purchase a plan for 10 years of support. Ubuntu 22.04 will be preinstalled on the board, and you’ll find some work-in-progress documentation explaining how to install Android or Linux (Yocto-build) on the board.
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Radxa NIO 12L: New single-board computer released with long official Ubuntu support for $99
Radxa is on a roll at the moment, having released the Rock 5C, Rock 5C Lite, ZERO 2 Pro and ZERO 3E this month alone. Additionally, it is now selling the NIO 12L, another single-board computer, albeit one that measures 140 x 75 mm across. As such, the NIO 12L contains more I/O than other Radxa SBCs, which the company has modelled after either the Raspberry Pi 5 or Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W (curr. $21.29 on Amazon).
Specifically, the NIO 12L finds itself with four USB 3.0 Type-A ports, a 40-pin GPIO header, Gigabit Ethernet and a USB Type-C port that supports OTG and DisplayPort Alt Mode (4K/60 FPS) functionality. Moreover, Radxa has integrated a MediaTek Genio 1200 (MT8395) chipset with four ARM Cortex-A55 and Cortex-A78 CPU cores apiece. On top of that, the chipset features a Mali-G67 MC5 GPU and an AI accelerator (4 TOPS), among other components.