Feihong Industry Co Ltd shows Android 4 Ice Cream Sandwich running on their Telechips 8803 based tablet. They also announce that Telechips is working on a dual-core processor to be released in tablets around March already (to be confirmed by Telechips etc).
Category: VIA
Feihong shows $130 ICS on Telechips 8803 1.2Ghz ARM Cortex-A8 and $48 ARM11 VIA based tablet
VIA WonderMedia Prizm WM8710 ARM11 Gingerbread solution
VIA’s subsidiary WonderMedia launches this new ARM11 platform for tablets, with a new much faster DSP for improved video playback, improved UI responsiveness, better graphics and 3D, the target still being to cheap low cost tablets which is a rapidly expanding market.
VIA WonderMedia SmartStream WiFi Direct to HDMI output
VIA’s subsidiary WonderMedia is doing this ARM9 based platform to stream screen content to your HDTV wirelessly using WiFi Direct technology. It sounds like it ccould be a cheap way to wirelessly connect your Laptop, Tablet, even Smartphone to your HDTV without needing a cable. I wonder how WiFi Direct compresses stuff and how it manages high bitrate HD video, advanced 3D games and other such stuff.
Shenzhen Bly Electronics shows $60 VIA Wondermedia based laptops
First seen a bit over a year ago such as in this video, the VIA ARM9 Wondermedia SoC and software solution is one of the platforms that makes it easy to make cheap laptops and tablets. Chrome OS software or Honeycomb seems to be needed for this type of $60 ARM Powered laptop solution to start to become viable solution. But probably also that faster processor with more RAM is also needed for full speed web browsing performance.
Wabook does $60 Android 10″ Laptop (Wondermedia)
Some of those cheap ARM Powered laptops, but still ARM11 based.
Cwlinux.com embedded software and hardware solutions
They provide ARM Powered hardware and software solutions, based on Freescale, Texas Instruments, VIA and other.
MID Joyplus shows new Wondermedia, Rockchip, Telechips and Samsung Tablets
MID Joyplus is showing new Wondermedia WM8652 based 9.7″ tablet, a Rockchip Rk2818 10.1″ design and a 8″ 4:3 capacitive Telechips tablet. They still also have the Samsung Hummingbird 7″ for around $150.
ARM Powered Tablets by Shuttle (soon laptops/desktops?)
Shuttle is one of the major compact motherboard makers, they are now moving a lot of their ressources into making ARM Powered solutions, some may be branded by Shuttle, other might be ODM, based on ARM Processors by Texas Instruments, Nvidia and VIA Wondermedia.
Skytex develops i.MX53 tablets
Skytex is working on getting more performance in their low cost tablets, using Freescale’s new 1.2Ghz i.MX53 with better video and graphics, the Telechips 8803 ARM Cortex-A8 and the new VIA Wondermedia ARM9 with a better DSP.
VIA Technologies WonderMedia Android Tablet and Laptop solutions
VIA Technologies ARM processors are powering the cheap Android Laptops I filmed such as the $65 FirstView PC706V and the $90 10″ PC100