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Completely crazy. There are many flash devices with a controller on it, so a small computer, but that this thing has wifi is completely mind boggling.
May I present the ESP32?
https://www.espressif.com/en/products/socs/esp32
Us hobbyists have been playing with it for years. Dual core too.
Well tbf it's just a microcontroller, it doesn't run Linux
MCUs can run Linux.
I don't use Espriff products so no idea if it is available for the ESP32.