The delayed Mixtile Cluster Field, which homes as much as 4 of the corporate’s Blade 3 single-board computer systems (SBCs) in a compact computing cluster, has lastly launched — and the corporate is accepting orders for individuals who missed the unique crowdfunding marketing campaign.

The Mixtile Cluster Field was initially revealed as a reward throughout the 2022 crowdfunding marketing campaign for the Mixtile Blade 3, a single-board pc designed particularly to be used as a node in a multi-node cluster. Primarily based on the eight-core Rockchip RK3588 system-on-chip and providing as much as 32GB of LPDDR4 RAM and 256GB of eMMC storage, a number of Blade 3 models may talk utilizing PCI Categorical edge connectors — and for individuals who needed one thing neater than a stack of naked boards, the Cluster Field was the proper accent.

Holding as much as 4 boards, the Cluster Field promised built-in cooling and an on-board PCI Categorical change with simplified wiring — simply slide the Blade 3s into place and also you’re able to go. Initially scheduled to ship in October 2022, although, growth of the Cluster Field hit a snag which pushed its launch again by a bit of greater than a 12 months.

“We’ve been working arduous to optimize the {hardware}, together with bettering the PCB structure, prototyping new PCBs, and testing,” Mixtile claimed in June this 12 months in an replace addressing the machine’s delay. “This course of is essential to make sure a high-quality, high-performance Mixtile Blade 3 Cluster Field. Nonetheless, these optimizations have inevitably triggered a delay of at the least one month. We guarantee you that these enhancements will improve your expertise. And we’ll expedite the testing course of and full the shipments as quickly because the optimization is finalized.”

That month become 4, with models starting to succeed in backers in late October and early November — and arriving with out the required firmware to assist the usage of the Blade 3 boards, which must be put in manually by the customer. As soon as configured, although, the Cluster Field ought to ship the whole lot the corporate promised in its authentic crowdfunding marketing campaign — placing a surprisingly high-performance four-node cluster in a compact field in your desk.

Those that didn’t again the unique crowdfunding marketing campaign can now order the Cluster Field on the Mixtile retailer for $339, a premium of $100 over the crowdfunding value, with new orders anticipated to ship in February subsequent 12 months; the Mixtile Blade 3 boards are usually not included, and begin at $229 every for a model with 4GB of RAM and 32GB of storage.