Raspberry Pi just got some serious competition

Makers and DIY-ers now have a shiny new computer to build things from. 

Asus just launched the Tinker Board, its own version of a single-board computer — a form factor popularized largely by Raspberry Pi. Engineers and educators use these "credit-card-sized computers" to create everything from LEGO robots to modified vintage Macs. 

The Tinker Board measures 3.4 x 2.1 inches, almost the same size as Raspberry Pi. But it has superior specs: Tinker includes 2GB of RAM, twice as much as the Pi. It also has Gigabit-speed Ethernet, while the Pi maxes out at 100 megabits per second. 

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