ARM has created this real life catapult to remotely control a game of Angry Birds using Bluetooth and an ARM Cortex-M3 board with sensors.
Category: OS
Marvell Armada XP Server Platform in the Mitac GFX
Posted by – November 2, 2012
Marvell is in production with their Armada XP ARM server processor platform, here demonstrated in the Mitac GFX server. You can also watch my Mitac server videos filmed last Computex:
MiTAC GFX ARM Server Launch: Gary Rumney and Ian Ferguson talk about ARM Powered Servers
MiTAC GFX ARM Server
HardKernel Odroid-X2, Exynos4412 1.7Ghz 2GB RAM development board
Posted by – November 1, 2012
HardKernel presents their latest update to the ODROID-X Exynos4412 quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 development board. This new ODROID-X2 ships with the 1.7Ghz (1.8Ghz over-clockable) Exynos4412 quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, with 2GB RAM, and a higher clocked 533Mhz Mali-400 quad-core GPU. The price is $149, the 16GB eMMC memory (4x to 5x faster than booting/running from SD Card) is $39 extra, the $9 power adapter is recommended also, then also add about $30 for shipping. Here is Ubuntu running, with support for doing things like compiling the Linux kernel on this ARM powered device supposedly with a performance superior to the first generation Intel Core i3 processor. Mali-400 hardware acceleration for Ubuntu should be coming soon, it’s already there for Android of course. The ODROID-X2 should start shipping from http://hardkernel.com by the end of November.
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Calxeda ARM Cortex-A57 64bit Server Processor announced
Posted by – October 31, 2012
Calxeda’s VP of Marketing Karl Freund talks about the status of Calxeda’s ARM Powered server solutions and how they are launching their upcoming ARM Cortex-A15 32bit and then ARM Cortex-A57 32/64bit processors, what type of markets they expect to reach in the months and years to come.
THL W1 4.3″ qHD MT6577, THL W3 4.5″ 720p MT6577
Posted by – October 29, 2012
THL shows a couple interesting MediaTek MT6577 dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 based smartphones with decent 4.3″ qHD and 4.5″ 720p screens.
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Overview of the latest/best 7″ Tablets out of Shenzhen China
Here’s my overview video showing some of the latest best value 7″ Android tablets that I have found in Shenzhen on this trip. At least the samples that I was able to buy. $40 A13 800×480, $65 RK3066 1024×600, $80 NS115 1024×600 IPS, and there’s also the sub-$50 VIA 8850 (which can run a Windows RT clone UI on top of Android), and I compare these with the $199 Kindle Fire HD.
Overview of the latest/best HDMI Sticks and Set-top-boxe out of Shenzhen China
Posted by – October 29, 2012
Category: Set-top-boxes, HDMI Sticks, Exclusive videos, Reviews, Opinions, Allwinner, Rockchip, Freescale, HiSilicon, Telechips, Android
Here’s my overview video of the latest ARM Powered HDMI Sticks that I have found in Shenzhen China, including the $30 Allwinner A10 single-core ARM Cortex-A8, $40 Rockchip RK3066 dual-core ARM Cortex-A9, $89 Freescale i.MX6 quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 and the $150 HiMedia Q5 HiSilicon Hi3716C single-core ARM Cortex-A9 Set-top-box running the interesting HiControl Android application for remote controlling, mouse and mirroring support from any Android tablet and phone to your HiMedia set-top-box.
Walking through the Smartphone market in Huaqiangbei Shenzhen China
Posted by – October 29, 2012
Traveling shot through a part of the huge smartphones and tablet markets at the Huaqiangbei consumer electronics market street in Shenzhen China. These are parts of my favorite areas that I have yet found on the Shenzhen Huaqiangbei electronics market street.
Wabook ARM Powered laptops, $71 10.1″ 1024×600, $51 7″ 800×480
Posted by – October 29, 2012
These ARM Powered laptops are really cool, you get a single-core ARM Cortex-A9 VIA 8850 processor with Mali-400 GPU, the form factor is the basic open mold for these types of laptops, now let’s just get Chrome OS on ARM to run on these, as well as Ubuntu on Android and perhaps even Windows RT eventually.
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Oppo Finder, 6.65mm thin Qualcomm 8260 Android phone
Posted by – October 29, 2012
This is one of the thinnest smartphones on the market.
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MT6577 phones (Samsung/HTC/Apple clones) by Huida
Posted by – October 29, 2012
Here’s another look at the latest range of MediaTek MT6577 dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 phones on the Shenzhen market. Some Samsung copies, some HTC and there’s an iPhone5 clone on MT6575 too.
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$25 Allwinner A10 HDMI Stick by Ditter
Posted by – October 29, 2012
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$81 Nufront NS115 ARM Cortex-A9 Dual-core 7″ 1024×600 IPS Tablet by Xusit
Posted by – October 27, 2012
Nufront comes to the market with a good looking dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor in this tablet without HDMI, perhaps to optimize the pricing of thin, light and powerful dual-core 7″ tablets, here in a very nice thin, light 7″ IPS design, with small bezels, the 7″ tablet looks to be high quality and is being sold for below $81 in bulk. I bought a sample that I can video-review, let me know what I should test on it. Next time I go to Shenzhen, I can maybe visit the factory that makes them to film a new video there.
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$70 7″ 1024×600 Rockchip RK3066, $46 7″ 800×480 VIA 8850 by Guobangxingye
Posted by – October 27, 2012
Category: Tablets, Laptops, HDMI Sticks, Gaming, Exclusive videos, Members Content, Allwinner, Rockchip, AmLogic, Telechips, China Sourcing Fair, Android
Guobangxingye shows their latest ARM Powered Tablets and Laptops, $70 7″ 1024×600 Rockchip RK3066, $46 7″ 800×480 VIA 8850, $67 10.1″ Laptop on VIA 8850, $42 7″ 800×480 A13, $27 Telechips and Allwinner A10 HDMI sticks and more. I’m sorry that I didn’t reply to her emails, I promise I will the next time that she sends me news I should reblog.
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$64 7″ 1024×600 RK3066, $151 9.7″ IPS RK3066 by Sigo
Posted by – October 27, 2012
Check it out, entry level dual-core tablet now for $64 with a 1024×600 TN type screen. They also have the 9.7″ 1024×768 IPS RK3066 tablet for $151.
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$240 SmartDevices T30 10.1″ 1280×800 OMAP4470, $300 SmartQ U7, SmartQ U7H 7″ with built-in DLP projector
Posted by – October 27, 2012
SmartDevices shows their latest couple of tablets, their $240 Texas Instruments OMAP4470 10.1″ 1280×800 running Jelly Bean, and their new 7″ SmartQ U7 on OMAP4430 and SmartQ U7H on OMAP4460 with a built-in 854×480 DLP projector. SmartDevices also talks about their work on the upcoming OMAP5 ARM Cortex-A15 processor, to be released perhaps as soon as the end of the year.
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$82 13.3″ VIA 8850 Laptop (Macbook Air clone) and Allwinner A10S HDMI Stick by Wabook
Posted by – October 27, 2012
Category: Laptops, HDMI Sticks, Exclusive videos, Members Content, Allwinner, VIA, China Sourcing Fair, Android
Wabook shows their newest products, a 13.3″ Macbook Air clone running on the VIA 8850 ARM Cortex-A9 processor to be sold for $82 in bulk and one of the first $32 Allwinner A10S HDMI Sticks I’ve seen shown at a trade show, the A10S is the new customized A10 processor by Allwinner specifically optimized for HDMI Sticks, thus consuming less power and enabling further lowering of the cost.
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ArndaleBoard, $249 Exynos5250 ARM Cortex-A15 Mali-T604 development board launched
Posted by – October 26, 2012
The ArndaleBoard is the first ARM Cortex-A15 development board, featuring the Samsung Exynos5250 dual-core ARM Cortex-A15 processor on 32nm process with the quad-core Mali-T604 GPU.
World’s First Cortex-A15 Dual core
World’s Best 3D Performance with ARM Mali T-604 GPU
World’s first 12.8 Gbytes/sec Memory Bandwidth with 2-port 800MHz DDR3L
Ultimate WQXGA Display Solution with Low-Power eDP
1080p 60fps Video Performance and VP8 Decoder
USB 3.0 DRD Solution for Faster PC Sync UP and LTE
Samsung Exynos 5 Dual Arndale Board
CPU Board
Cortex-A15@1.7 GHz dual core subsystem with 64/128 bit SIMD NEON
32KB(instruction)/32KB(DATA)L1 Cache and 1MB l2 Cache
32-bit 800 MHz LPDDR3/LPDDR2 2GB
Base Board
Sensor
Accelerator : Invensence MPU-6050
Gyro : Invensence MPU-6050
e-Compass : AKM -AK8963C
ITU 601 camera Interface
HDMI 1.4 interfaces with on-chip PHY
One channel eDP output Single WQXGA
MIPI DSI Standard Specification V1.01r11
MIPI CSI Standard Specification V1.0 Two ports
USB3.0 Host or Device 1-channel that supports SS(5Gbps) with on-chip PHY
USB2.0 Host or Device 1-channel that supports LS/FS/HS with on-chip PHY
USB HSIC 2-channel that supports 480Mbps with on-chip PHY
SATA 1.0/2.0/3.0 interface
One channel eMMC 4.5
One channel SDIO 3.0
Two channel SD 2.0
Four channel high-speed UART
(up to 3Mbps data rate for Bluetooth 2.0 EDR and IrDA 1.0SIR)
Three channel high-speed SPI
Three channel 24-bit I2S audio interface
Four channel I2C interface support , up to 400kbps
Four channel HS-I2C up to 3.1Mps
Read more about it at: http://www.arndaleboard.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
found via: muktware.com
HiMedia Q5 Smart TV Box, advanced HiSilicon Android Set-top-box
Posted by – October 26, 2012
HiMedia makes some really cool set-top-boxes, until last year they were doing realtek mips based boxes that are quite popular in China and Hong Kong markets, now they are releasing ARM Powered Android set-top-boxes, here launching the HiMedia Q5 based on the HiSilicon Hi3716C ARM Cortex-A9 solution, it’s a single-core 1Ghz with full video codecs support. This box has an awesome range of features including a very impressive HiControl application, similar to wifi mirroring, it lets you use any Android device to remote control your Q5 set-top-box while seeing a real-time screengrab on your Android device while you remote control it. I’ll post a further video-review of this product during the next couple of days, check back.
Here are some of the specs:
– HiSilicon Hi3716C 1GHZ ARM Cortex A9 single-core (Set-top-box optimized SoC)
– 1GB DDR RAM
– 4GB Flash
– Android 4.0.3 ICS
– 33 second bootup time
– own launcher UI with virtual-mouse support on IR remote
– full video playback compatibility claimed (“even better than last year’s Realtek 1185-based media players”), including DTS-HDMA, Dolby TUREHD 7.1 Passthrough, BDMV, BDISO with BD-Lite Navigation menu, Samba, NFS, HLS/HTML5 for IPTV STB mode.
– HiControl App for Android by HiMedia, use any Android smartphone or/and tablet as Touch-screen for the set-top-box and as a Remote-controller. Thus mouse, remote control, and mirrorring-like support of full Android UI. Accelerometer can also be used for games that use it.
– Hishare App for Android by HiMedia, similar to DLNA (or actually using DLNA protocol), stream your pictures, video, audio from your Android phone or tablet to your Himedia Q5 set-top-box over WiFi.
– Apple Airplay compatible, for streaming pictures, video and audio from iPhone/iPad.
Find more informations and the official pictures at: http://www.himedia-tech.cn/product_show.php?id=37
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$2 Tablet cases at the Shenzhen Tablet Market
Posted by – October 26, 2012
They have lots of tablet cases on sale at cheap prices.
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