CUPP PunkThis hands-on with Video
It is not the primary time we're operate into CUPP Computing's exclusive ability to mix the x86 and ARM platforms into one gadget -- at least in prototype type -- and just before the start of Computex 2011 right here in Taipei we received a chance to experience the company's newest iteration referred to as PunkThis. The product is meant to switch your computer's 2.5-inch SATA difficult drive using a board featuring a full ARM-based system as well as a mini-PCIe socket -- the latter capable of accommodating a physically scaled-down SATA SSD to handle the lacking storage for the x86 host. PunkThis is built about a Texas Instruments DM3730 ARM CPU with 512 MB of RAM and consists of a WiFi radio, as well as connectors and cables to interface the board with present video, audio, and USB facilities on the host pc (no soldering needed).
The netbook we obtained to play with was operating Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) but was missing WiFi support. It ran perfectly alongside Windows 7 which was powered from the present Atom processor. Switching OS-es is just a hotkey away, and battery daily life is supposedly doubled when the principal x86 CPU is shut down and the only the daughter board is operational. PunkThis also offers two microSD card slots -- one for system storage utilised through the ARM-based OS (Android on this circumstance), one other for mass storage visible to equally environments (shared area). Pricing is meant to continue being below $200 and availability is expected in eight weeks. Which is fairly hardcore, but which has a identify like PunkThis would you assume anything at all less? Feast your eyes on our gallery and peek right after the break for our hands-on video clip along with the obligatory PR.
