A World's first $9 Computer called CHIP That Can Almost Do It All
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Need a computer about the size of a credit card, look no further. The CHIP is a $9 single-board computer that operates in Linux and can do just about anything you want it to… include playing Quake. This single board computer comprises of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth as well as optional ports for VGA and HDMI monitors. On board you’ll discover a 1GHz processor, 512 RAM, and 4GB of storage. You can set up a light version of Debian and you can even plug it into something called the PocketCHIP that improves a touchscreen and keyboard to the mix in a package about as big as the original Game Boy.
C.H.I.P. is a single board computer. It’s small and handy to use. C.H.I.P. do what can computer does like work in LibreOffice and save your documents to C.H.I.P.’s onboard storage. Browse the web and check your email over Wifi. Play games with a bluetooth controller. With dozens of applications and tools preinstalled, C.H.I.P. is ready to do computer things the moment you power it on. The CHIP has already propelled past its $50,000 goal and is now at about $200,000. They expect to ship in one year and they’re a Haxlr8r company so they have some solid manufacturing support.
Details at http://techcrunch.com/2015/05/08/the-chip-is-a-9-computer-that-can-almost-do-it-all/
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