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There's a few new options for cheap, relatively powerful hardware platforms than also break the $20 barrier. Specifically Mozilla Matchstick, the Chromecast-lik
by shasheene 12y ago
There's a few new options for cheap, relatively powerful hardware platforms than also break the $20 barrier. Specifically Mozilla Matchstick, the Chromecast-like HDMI dongle (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/matchstick/matchstick-the-streaming-stick-built-on-firefox-os https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/matchstick/matchstick-t...) was selling for $12 with free US shipping in limited quanties, or around $17 for unlimited quantity with internationally shipping ($85 for 5).
It uses a dual-core Rockchip 3066 SoC (ARM Cortex A9 with Mali-400 GPU), 1GB DDR3 RAM, 4GB storage and built-in wifi. The downside compared to the Raspberry Pi model A+ is it's lacking on the IO front (no USB, headphone, composite video, and presumably no GPIO etc).
- Narishma 12y agoNo SD card either, and I believe the Raspberry Pi GPU is faster. I also don't believe it's made by Mozilla.
- shasheene 12y agoYep, you're right. It's an independent company based in San Jose with no investment by Mozilla: "MatchStick is backed by Chinese hardware maker aBitCool and other investors, who Chang said he could not disclose. Mozilla is not one of the investors, Chang said." I'm not sure whether VideoCore IV is faster than Mali-400, however.