It’s just been a handful days since we talked about the slew of Rockchip RK3288 powered Pipo tablets that are on their way, and here we already have news of 2 new devices that would feature the same chipset from Rockchip.
This time round, though, we have RK3288 powered TV boxes that are being prepped for release. If you’ve been following the Chinese market, you’ll know that TV box manufacturers here usually favour Rockchip over MediaTek and the likes. It was the RK3066 powered dual-core TV boxes that really made an impact, and the Chinese quickly followed it up with those powered by Rockchip’s RK3188 which is still quite a solid performer when it’s TV boxes you’re talking.
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At the moment, it is two of these Android powered TV boxes that are making some buzz. Simply called ‘Android TV Mini PC RK3288’, these tiny computers are already on sale at Alibaba. However, since its early days, there are strings attached; there’s an MOQ of 500pcs which perhaps isn’t what you are looking for at the moment.
Both these Android boxes come with 2GB of RAM, 8GB of on-board ROM + microSD storage, and flaunt Bluetooth, WiFi and USB connectivity besides HDMI with dimensions of 4.3″ x 1.6″ x 0.5″ and 5.6″ x 4.3″ x 0.8″. The latter (larger) ‘Android TV Mini PC RK3288’ boasts an ethernet port as well, so if you aren’t a fan of wireless internet you still have things sorted.
For those who aren’t aware, the RK3288 is Rockchip’s newest, and therefore most powerful SoC till date with a quad-core Cortex A17 CPU built using the 28nm manufacturing process. A lot more devices based on the chipset are expected to release later this year, a majority of them from Chinese manufacturers.
Cool, but it has to be for less than $99 😉
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… and a working ROM: true HDMI support @1080, good WiFi…to name a few features…
Cool, but it has to be for less than $99 😉
+1
… and a working ROM: true HDMI support @1080, good WiFi…to name a few features…
Based on f.e. anandtech.com/show/7739, the Cortex-A17 doesn’t exist as purchasable silicon for yet quite a few months to come.
The RK3288 is based on the only recently introduced Cortex-A12 and NOT the future A17, projected to be available in 2015.
Based on f.e. anandtech.com/show/7739, the Cortex-A17 doesn’t exist as purchasable silicon for yet quite a few months to come.
The RK3288 is based on the only recently introduced Cortex-A12 and NOT the future A17, projected to be available in 2015.
Based on f.e. anandtech . com /show /7739, the Cortex-A17 doesn’t exist as purchasable silicon for yet quite a few months to come.
The RK3288 is based on the only recently introduced Cortex-A12 and NOT the future A17, projected to be available in 2015.
Based on f.e. anandtech . com /show /7739, the Cortex-A17 doesn’t exist as purchasable silicon for yet quite a few months to come.
The RK3288 is based on the only recently introduced Cortex-A12 and NOT the future A17, projected to be available in 2015.
If only chinese companies would have these pre-installed with Ubuntu they would make very cheap pc’s.
Rockchips are trash. Specifically the RK3188.
Two tabs (Yuandao&Chuwi) two deads after 3 months.
Mediatek should erase them from the map, and take the sources out to the public in the process.
Until then… No more Chinese crap.
If only chinese companies would have these pre-installed with Ubuntu they would make very cheap pc’s.
Rockchips are trash. Specifically the RK3188.
Two tabs (Yuandao&Chuwi) two deads after 3 months.
Mediatek should erase them from the map, and take the sources out to the public in the process.
Until then… No more Chinese crap.
i really miss not having USB3 and 1 Gigabit Ethernet on all these rockchip etc soc , just to get usb3 and no 1GbE you need to buy samsung hardware, will this change soon, and perhaps even include 4 sata blocks too so i can take advantage of a nice Transport stream broadcast
i really miss not having USB3 and 1 Gigabit Ethernet on all these rockchip etc soc , just to get usb3 and no 1GbE you need to buy samsung hardware, will this change soon, and perhaps even include 4 sata blocks too so i can take advantage of a nice Transport stream broadcast