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The Raspberry Pi popularized the concept of the micro-PC with a compact and an extremely cheap device. Now a new player, Next Things CHIP, joins the race to build the worlds most affordable computer. CHIP is a fully functional Linux-powered computer and is just about one-quarter the size of a banana and one-quarter the price of the Raspberry Pi. Yes, that means its only $9!
To cut down the price, CHIP packs a 1GHz Allwinner R8 Cortex A8 processor with a built-in Mali400 GPU, 512MB of RAM and 4GB of flash storage. It also features a micro USB port, composite headphone/mic port, Wifi and Bluetooth. All this is powered by attaching a LiPo battery, DC power, or through the micro USB. The hardware is powerful enough to power LibreOffice, the Chromium browser, and a whole host of games and programs to teach programming.
http://ardevon.com/2015/07/chip-the-worlds-first-9-computer/
tblue37
(65,502 posts)dembotoz
(16,864 posts)I want the nine dollar replacement
Beartracks
(12,821 posts)====================
arikara
(5,562 posts)when the parts are worth $50.
I really don't know how they get away with it.
DavidDvorkin
(19,499 posts)A few companies control the market for making and selling hearing aids.
Costco's price is about 50% of the standard for hearing aids. Still far more than it should be, but much better.
hankthecrank
(653 posts)It will be handy but it needs to the breakout pins to fill the same as the pi
corkhead
(6,119 posts)CHIP has blown way past its initial funding goal of $50,000 and raised over $2,000,000 on Kickstarter. We just cant wait to get our hands on one. Next Thing should begin shipping CHIP in December, with the cases and additional adapters arriving in May 2016.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1598272670/chip-the-worlds-first-9-computer
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)The idea is cool though ...like AMD has with the cpu and gpu with memory all packed into one chip. I went with the A10-7850k for my latest desktop for all around use including games.