CHIP, a matchbook-sized (2.3 inches by 1.5 inches) PC or about the size of a credit card, is the world’s first $9 computer
but don’t make a mistake of underestimating its power with its size
andprice tag. It’s got a 1GHz processor, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of NAND flash
storage, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth as well as optional ports for VGA ($10) and
HDMI ($15) monitors. The single-board computer uses an Allwinner SoC,
runs Linux and does everything that a regular computer does.
CHIP, a matchbook-sized (2.3 inches by 1.5 inches) PC or about the size of a credit card, is the world’s first $9 computer
but don’t make a mistake of underestimating its power with its size and
price tag. It’s got a 1GHz processor, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of NAND flash
storage, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth as well as optional ports for VGA ($10) and
HDMI ($15) monitors. The single-board computer uses an Allwinner SoC,
runs Linux and does everything that a regular computer does.
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The PocketCHIP case creates a battery-powered portable unit based on
CHIP that includes a 4.3-inch, 470×272 resistive color touch screen, a
3000mAh battery, and a tiny QWERTY keyboard somewhat indicative of the
classic Blackberry.
CHIP comes preloaded with Scratch, an easy-to-learn language
that teaches the basics of programing by making stories, games, and
animations. With CHIP, you can also turn an old TV, a mouse and a
keyboard into a computer.
CHIP is a computer for students, teachers, grandparents, children, artists, makers, hackers, and inventors. “When
everyone can have a computer … that doesn’t look like ‘a computer’
anymore, that means that the people who grow up with things like this
aren’t going to have the same bias about what a computer is and what it
isn’t as they have now,” says Dave Rauchwerk, co-maker of CHIP.
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CHIP is a Kickstarter project
and the projected ship date for CHIP and its add-ons is May 2016. An
alpha model of CHIP for developers has an estimated ship date of
September 2015.
1 comment:
As a product, I already see this as a failure... It's waaay toooo small. What this really is though IMO is a come-on to get people to take the little tiny computer chip into their skin. Everyone who takes it will go to hell, and their whole body will break out in grievous sores.
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