[Arm-netbook] CuBox $135

Gordan Bobic gordan at bobich.net
Thu Jan 12 11:47:56 GMT 2012


Hmm, you're right - it's about half the price of a D2Plug (~$250). And 
about 1/3 of the price of the CompuLab SBC-A510 (~$350), and the spec of 
all of them is virtually identical.

Bargain! :)

Gordan

Justin Cormack wrote:
> Its much cheaper than the d2plug though... which is hundreds of pounds 
> shipped to uk.
> 
> On Jan 11, 2012 11:34 PM, "Gordan Bobic" <gordan at bobich.net 
> <mailto:gordan at bobich.net>> wrote:
> 
>     On 01/11/2012 11:27 PM, Brendan Sleight wrote:
>      > Random ARM machine spotted from comment on
>      >
>     http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/01/11/0040254/raspberry-pi-has-gone-to-manufacturing
>      >
>      > http://www.solid-run.com/products/cubox
>      >
>      >      * Linux based distributions like Ubuntu, Debian and others
>      >      * Android
>      >      * 800 MHz dual issue ARM PJ4 processor, VFPv3, wmmx SIMD and
>     512KB L2 cache.
>      >        (based on the advanced Marvell 88AP510 SoC featuring an ARMv7)
>      >      * 1080p Video Decode Engine
>      >      * OpenGL|ES 2.0 graphic engine
>      >      * HDMI 1080p Output (with CEC function)
>      >      * 1GByte DDR3 at 800MHz
>      >      * Gigabit Ethernet, SPDIF (optical audio), eSata 3Gbps,
>     2xUSB 2.0,
>      > micro-SD, micro-USB (console)
>      >      * Standard Infra-red receiver for 38KHz based IR controllers.
>      >      * No JTAG required. Unbrickable for Developers (**)
>      >
>      > http://www.solid-run.com/images/CuBox/product%20brief.pdf
>      > http://www.solid-run.com/mw/index.php/Building_Linux_Kernel
>      >
>      > At this moment our schedules indicate that we will be able to start
>      > shipping to customers who pre-ordered CuBox by End of Feb.
> 
>     The spec reads identical to the D2Plug, down to the same Marvell
>     Armada SoC.
> 
>     Gordan
> 
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