It’s not a initial time we’re run in to CUPP Computing’s singular capability to mix a x86 as good as ARM platforms in to a single device — during slightest in antecedent form — as good as usually prior to a begin of Computex 2011 here in Taipei we got a possibility to knowledge a company’s ultimate iteration called PunkThis. The product is meant to reinstate your computer’s 2.5-inch SATA tough expostulate with a house featuring a finish ARM-based complement along with a mini-PCIe hollow — a latter able of easy a physically not as big SATA SSD to hoop a blank storage for a x86 host. PunkThis is built around a Texas Instruments DM3730 1GHz ARM CPU with 512 MB of RAM as good as includes a WiFi radio, as good as connectors as good as cables to interface a house with existent video, audio, as good as USB comforts upon a horde mechanism (no soldering required).
The netbook we got to fool around with was using Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) though was not in WiFi support. It ran ideally to a single side Windows 7 that was powered by a existent Atom processor. Switching OS-es is usually a hotkey away, as good as battery hold up is presumably doubled when a categorical x86 CPU is close down as good as a usually a daughter house is operational. PunkThis additionally provides dual microSD label slots — a single for complement storage used by a ARM-based OS (Android in this case), a alternative for mass storage manifest to both environments (shared space). Pricing is ostensible to sojourn next $200 as good as accessibility is approaching in 8 weeks. That’s flattering hardcore, though with a name similar to PunkThis would we design anything less? Feast your eyes upon a art studio as good as look after a mangle for a hands-on video along with a requisite PR.
CUPP PunkThis hands-on
