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Intel’s New Low-end NUC mini-PC kits

Based on Intel's Braswell processors, the latest bare-bones desktop computers have emerged on Amazon for $129 and up.
The kits include a motherboard, processor, power supply, and all kinds of input/output ports; users supply their own storage, RAM, operating system, monitor and input devices.

While the original NUC kits cost more than $300, the latest models are much cheaper thanks to Intel’s Braswell processors. Not to be confused with the Broadwell chips found in most Ultrabook laptops, Braswell is more akin to what you’d find in a tablet or netbook, though as Ars Technica notes, it runs at a higher TDP to allow for sustained higher speeds—perfect for a desktop PC that’s not drawing battery power.



The new NUCs beg for home theater use, with support for 4K video streaming and TOSLINK optical audio output. Other specs include VGA and HDMI outputs, an SDXC card slot, four USB 3.0 ports (including a charging port that works when the PC’s power is off), an ethernet port, a headphone jack, and 802.11ac Wi-Fi. These aren’t fanless designs, though they should run quieter than a typical desktop.


Right now, Amazon has two models up for pre-order.

  • The $129 NUC5CPYH has a dual-core Celeron N3050 processor and ships in two to four weeks.
  • The $172 NUC5PPYH has a quad-core Pentium N3700 processor and ships in a month or two.
Either way, factor in at least a couple hundred bucks more for Windows, storage, and RAM. Intel’s NUCs have always looked like they’d fit in a living room, but hadn’t quite nailed the balance between power and price. These new models look more promising, especially with 4K video support, and tout the cheapest entry cost we’ve seen yet.


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New Lenovo™ ideacentre™ Stick 300: A PC that fits in your pocket

The company’s first compute stick, the Lenovo™ ideacentre™ Stick 300. Designed for consumer usage in the home and on-the-go, the new pocket-sized compute stick is powerful enough for entertainment and web browsing, while affordable enough for existing PC owners to justify owning a second or third mobile PC option. The ideacentre™ Stick 300 expands the mobile computing experience and options for savvy shoppers and is suitable for use in the home, dorm or office, while simultaneously offering portability and convenience for travelers.

Lenovo’s new compute stick delivers powerful computing and big savings in a small package
 
  • Connect Lenovo’s first stick PC to any display to transform it into a computer, ideal for media, web browsing, video chatting and content creation
  • ideacentre™ Stick 300 packs a powerful computing punch for a lightweight budget, starting at US $129.
  • Provides the performance promise of Intel® Atom™ Processor Z3735F and the familiarity of Windows, initially shipping with Windows 8.1 but will be eligible for a free upgrade to Windows 10 starting July 29



Thumbs Up on Price

For the wallet friendly starting price of US $129, this plug and play technology can transform almost any HDMI compatible TV or monitor into a fully functioning Windows-based PC. The ideacentre™ Stick 300 does not look like a traditional computer, but it performs like one once a 2.4GHz wireless keyboard and mouse are added.

Transforming the Computing Experience

Imagine transforming the traditional TV in a vacation rental into a smart multi-media hub, capable of streaming a movie, video chatting with relatives or editing a work document on the fly. Convert the dusty monitor lurking in a spare bedroom into a web-enabled homework station, or transform a coveted man-cave into a home cinema.

Worthy of being crowned the “mini-me” of the traditional desktop PC, the pocket-sized ideacentre™ Stick 300 measures only 15 mm thin, boasts Intel® Atom™ Processor Z3735F, 2G of memory and 32G of storage. It will initially ship with Windows 8.1 but will be available for a free upgrade to Windows 10 starting on July 29. Fully enabled with WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0, the ideacentre™ Stick 300 provides the connectivity you need to power up at any time.
“We’ve looked at the computing needs of travelers, business people and families, and realized that a truly portable and affordable solution would be a significant benefit to users of all kinds,” said Jun Ouyang, vice president and general manager, Worldwide Desktop and Visuals, Lenovo. “Our goal with the ideacentre™ Stick 300 is to give those users a sense of freedom and enhanced mobility, while packing a serious punch in a small device.”

Price and Availability1

The Lenovo™ ideacentre™ Stick 300 will be available on www.lenovo.com and will hit retail shelves starting in July. Pricing will start at US $129.




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Arrow introduces DragonBoard™ 410c for makers and community developers

Arrow Announces Availability for DragonBoard™ 410c  a low-cost development board design based on the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 410 processor. The Snapdragon 410 processor is a product of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated. Arrow will manufacture and distribute the DragonBoard 410c to community developers and commercial customers.

The credit card-sized kit is based on Linaro's 96Boards specification and enables developers, makers, universities and commercial manufacturers to utilize the power of the Snapdragon 410 processor for things such as next-generation robotics, medical devices, building automation, digital signage, and gaming consoles, among others. The board is designed to build a software ecosystem around Snapdragon 410, as well as offering uses in education, prototyping, and commercial embedded computing products. 


The highlights of the DragonBoard 410c are:

  • A 32-/64-bit capable Quad-core ARM® Cortex® A53 at up to 1.2 GHz per core
  • Qualcomm® Adreno™ 306 GPU for PC-class graphics
  • 1080p HD @ 30fps video playback and capture with H.264 (AVC)
  • 1GB RAM, 8GB eMMC Flash + Micro SD card slot
  • Onboard Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n 2.4GHz, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS
  • Support for Android 5.1, Linux based on Ubuntu and planned support for Windows 10


    In addition, Arrow offers an easy transition from community board to commercial product through its extensive partner network and design services to enable customers who want to take their ideas from development board to production.

    "We're excited to help the maker and community developer field grow by building the DragonBoard 410c," said Arrow Digital President Matt Anderson.

    "We're excited that the DragonBoard 410c is now available to the embedded developer communities, makers and hobbyists, and to see it play an important role in helping drive the innovation of embedded computing products," said Jason Bremner, senior vice president of product management for Qualcomm Technologies. "Our collaboration with Arrow not only extends the availability of Snapdragon to a wide variety of embedded devices, but also makes it quicker and easier to develop product prototypes."


    For more information about the DragonBoard 410c, visit www.arrow.com/dragonboard410c.


    Source : CENTENNIAL, Colo. - Media OutReach - June 24, 2015 - (EON: Enhanced Online News) Arrow Electronics, Inc.



    About Arrow Electronics
    Arrow Electronics (www.arrow.com) is a global provider of products, services and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions. Arrow serves as a supply channel partner for more than 100,000 original equipment manufacturers, contract manufacturers and commercial customers through a global network of more than 460 locations in 56 countries.

    Qualcomm, DragonBoard, Snapdragon and Adreno are trademarks of Qualcomm Incorporated, registered in the United States and other countries. Other product and brand names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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    Cirrus7 Nimbini - The Coolest Mod Ubuntu PC Ever Made

    Cirrus7 Nimbini reminds us that Cool mod PCs are possible. This laser-cut aluminum PC from German PC manufacturer Nimbini is company’s smallest PC ever. Back in the year 2014, Ubuntu-powered Cirrus7 Nimbus won the renowned Red Dot design award. Earlier this week, Cirrus7 unveiled their latest offering – Cirrus7 Nimbini.

    This Broadwell NUC motherboard powered PC is made out of laser-cut aluminum layers to deliver a silent and fanless performance. You will have an option to choose from Windows and Ubuntu operating systems. With the Cirrus7 Nimbini, you’ve got the option of preistalled Ubuntu 14.04 LTS or Ubuntu 15.04.


    The Cirrus7 Nimbini is available in a cheaper “kit” module or as a complete assembled package. This new 150 x 150 x 87mm NUC comes as a kit that will allow DIY enthusiasts to tweak and play with the design. The kit comes in 90 parts and it will save on costs.

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    The Nimbini also includes the much awaited 28W Iris Graphics i7 one with stellar cooling. The Broadwell processors will range from i3 to i7 and the housing will have space for an additional 2.5 inch drive.

    The connector that will be found on Cirrus7 Nimbini are:
    • 4 – USB 3.0 (2 front, 2 back)
    • 2 – Mini Displayport
    • Ethernet
    • Audio jack

    The Cirrus7  Nimbini is expected to become available for pre-order very soon and will be shipping to you from mid-may. Pricing of the system is yet to be revealed.

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    Falcon Northwest’s New Tiki - The world's most powerful micro-tower

    For Falcon's 20th anniversary, Falcon jammed an 18-core Xeon E5-2699 V3 CPU inside the Tiki's 4-inch wide case. And yes, that CPU has Hyper-Threading, so be prepared to feel your jaw slap your face after it has bounced off the floor when you pull up the Task Manager in Windows and see the Tiki's thread count: 36.

    It doesn’t stop there though. Falcon taps none other than Nvidia’s beastly GeForce GTX Titan X for graphics. Besides being able to play many of today’s games at 4K resolution by itself—though you’ll still want a G-sync panel in my opinion—it's also a tour de force of specsmanship with 12GB of RAM and a GPU core with 3,072 shader units.


    A Falcon Northwest Exclusive Design

    The Tiki does packs all that firepower into a chassis 4-inches wide, 13.25-inches tall and 13-inches deep. Impossible! After all, you’re thinking, you can’t get an LGA2011-V3 CPU into such a small machine, much less an 18-core Xeon.

    That may have been true last year, but this spring Asrock released its crazy X99E-ITX/AC motherboard, which did what others told me was impossible: Put a massive LGA2011-V3 socket into a tiny Mini ITX motherboard. You see, the X99 chipset and its big-boy CPUs feature quad-channel memory controllers, and that means you need four pieces of RAM.

    Falcon Northwest uses Asrock’s new X99E-ITX/AC to get the 18-core Xeon inside its Tiki.


    Unlike other small PCs you may have seen, Tiki isn't compact because there's not much in it. Falcon Northwest’s designed it from the ground up to be an enthusiast-class system, and every millimeter of space is packed with power.


    Here's just a few of its features:

    Tiki Features

    • Full-metal construction: steel and sandblasted aluminum faceplate
    • The fastest Intel® CoreTM i7 and XeonTM processors - from 4 to 18 cores!
    • NVIDIA® GeForceTM and QuadroTM series graphics, including TITAN-X.
    • Bays for 2 solid-state hard drives and a standard drive or 2 more SSDs
    • Slot-loading Blu-Ray or DVD optical drive
    • Up-front USB 3.0 and audio ports
    • Internal 450 or 600 Watt modular power supplies
    • 16-32GB of DDR3 or DDR4 memoryTiki top closeup
    • Completely customizable configurations
    • Liquid cooled CPU
    • Overclocking available
    • Only 4 inches wide - 40% smaller than our FragBox!
     More Info : http://www.falcon-nw.com/desktops/tiki

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    CHIP - The World's First Ultra-Tiny $9 Computer

    The Raspberry Pi popularized the concept of the micro-PC with a compact, $35 no-frills device that didn’t even come with its own case. Now a new micro-PC threatens to make the Raspberry Pi look like a luxury model. Next Thing Co. recently announced a Kickstarter campaign for Chip, a $9 micro-PC shipping in 2016.

    The company already has a working prototype with an earlier generation processor, according to Make. But Next Thing lacks the funds to place large enough orders with component makers. It appears a lot of people are excited about the prospect of a $9 micro-PC, however, since at this writing the project had more than 13,000 backers contributing nearly $700,000.



    The Chip campaign launched on Thursday, May 7 and is already well above its original funding goal of $50,000. However, Next Thing may have low-balled its goal to have a better shot at getting the project funded. Fifty thousand dollars just doesn’t sound like enough to make the massive component purchases Next Thing says it needs.

    The secret to Chip’s low price is one part business plan and one part component costs. To cut down the price, Next Thing went with a ARM-based 1GHz processor from Allwinner, a low-cost producer of chips for smartphones and tablets. You’ve probably never heard of the company, but it’s one of the world’s largest suppliers of processors for low-cost devices. HP uses an Allwinner chip in the $100 HP 7 G2 Android tablet.



    CHIP - The World's First Ultra-Tiny $9 Computer
    CHIP - The World's First Nine Dollar ComputerNow a new micro-PC threatens to make the Raspberry Pi look like a luxury model. Next Thing Co. recently announced a Kickstarter campaign for Chip, a $9 micro-PC shipping in 2016.
    Posted by Blogmytuts.blogspot.com on Monday, 11 May 2015



    To keep the price so ridiculously low, Next Thing also plans to order Chip components in large quantities and thus get discount pricing from suppliers. That desire to purchase components in large quantities is where the Kickstarter campaign comes in.

     The specs

    Chip comes with a 1GHz Allwinner R8 Cortex A8 processor with Mali-400 graphics, 512MB RAM, and 4GB storage. It also has built-in 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0. That’s a better processor than the Raspberry Pi model B+, and equivalent RAM; the beefier, quad-core Raspberry Pi 2 model B, meanwhile, doesn't come with onboard storage, built-in Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth. Chip will come with a Raspbian-like Linux-based operating system pre-installed. Chip measures 2.3-inches by 1.5 inches.




    To keep the price down, Next Thing did have to cut out many features you might expect from a board like this. It only has one USB port, a microUSB port for power, and camera sensor support. There's only a composite connection for video, but there are adapters available for HDMI and VGA.




    In addition to the two video adapters, Chip also has its own portable peripheral called the Pocket Chip. The $40 device (Kickstarter price) includes a 4.3-inch touchscreen with 470-by-272 resolution, keyboard, a 3,000 mAH battery (with a 5-hour battery life claim), and GPIO breakouts for those times you need to prototype on the go. Pocket Chip is designed to just let you slap Chip into the back and be and running quickly.



    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1598272670/chip-the-worlds-first-9-computer/description






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