Khadas Edge2 ultra thin SBC is powered by Rockchip RK3588S processor

As noted in the Khadas VIM1S announcement, the company is also preparing to launch the Khadas Edge2 single board computer with a Rockchip RK3588S octa-core Cortex-A76/A55 processor and a thickness of just 5.7mm (before a low-profile heatsink is installed).

The new board follows a similar form factor as the original Khadas Edge board powered by a Rockchip RK3399 processor, except the edge connector is gone, so it can't be used as a system-on-module anymore, but remains the thinnest and one of the most powerful Arm SBCs so far.

Khadas Edge2 Basic/Pro specifications:

Making a 5.7mm ultra thin SBC means you have to do without perks such as Ethernet or a typical female GPIO header, although those can be added through a USB dock or the Edge2 IO extension board. There's no microSD card socket either. That's probably why Khadas has the VIM family with all of those features such as the recently launched Khadas VIM4.

The company provides Ubuntu 22.04 and Android 11/12 images with Linux 5.10 that can be installed through the OOWOW system that provides a menu to download and install the images from Khadas server. Khadas also highlights the Fenix one-click script for building Linux distributions.

I’ve reviewed the Khadas Edge2 Pro SBC with Ubuntu 22.04, and as expected, performance is similar to the Rockchip RK3588-powered ROCK5 Model B board, but Linux support has already improved since my ROCK 5B preview in July. You can also check out the Android 12 review, especially if you are interested in an OS that supports hardware video decoding and 3D graphics acceleration.

Update: September 20, 2020. Khadas Edge2 has launched for $229.90 and up.

Khadas promises to ship the Edge2 Maker Kits ship within 2 days once the order is confirmed, and Edge2 ARM PCs will ship on or before mid-December 2022.

Jean-Luc started CNX Software in 2010 as a part-time endeavor, before quitting his job as a software engineering manager, and starting to write daily news, and reviews full time later in 2011.

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