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- 1New ESP32 chip can run Linux, edging toward Raspberry Pi territory●The newest ESP32 can run Linux and it's getting close to a Raspberry Pi
Espressif's newest ESP32 microcontroller can reportedly boot and run Linux, a milestone for a chip family usually limited to bare-metal and RTOS workloads. The development puts the low-cost chip closer than ever to entry-level Raspberry Pi single-board computers in capability. Makers and embedded developers are debating what this means for cheap hobbyist computing and whether microcontrollers can now replace small Linux boards in many projects.