Hardkernel reveals pair of quad-core Exynos ODROID-U developer boards, starting at $69

Hardkernal reveals pair of quadcore Exynos ODROIDU developer boards, starting at $69

One area where Moore’s law can be seen alive and well seems to be the developer and small project computer world. Whether it’s the ubiquitous Raspberry Pi, Intel’s NUC, or any number of similar products. There’s one more name to add to this list, and that’s the ODROID-U from Hardkernel. The boards are a little more expensive than Raspberry Pi’s impressively cheap Model A and Model B, but you are getting some bang for that buck. The $69 ODROID-U comes with a 1.4GHz quad-core Exynos 4412 processor (as found in the Galaxy S III and Note II, 1GB of RAM, quad-core Mali 400 graphics, micro-HDMI, a brace of USB ports, a headphone jack and Ethernet. If you want a little more oomph, for an extra $20 you can have the RAM doubled, and a 1.7GHz core with the ODROID-U2 model. There’s one stat you might notice missing which is flash memory. There’s no onboard storage, so you’ll have to bring your own memory for the built-in microSD slot. As the ODROID name suggests, the boards can run Android, as well as a variety of Linux flavours. Sound good? In a reverse of what you might expect, the ODROID-U2 will be available first, starting December 21st, with the cheaper board pencilled in to arrive on January 16th.

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When Raspberry Pi released their diminutive, ARM-based PC for $35, people were rightfully chomping at the bit to get their hands on something so cheap and small and hackable. But the 700 MHz, single-core ARM 11 processor it wasn’t exactly a powerhouse. Enter Hardkernel’s ODROID-X, which packs a quad-core Samsung Exynos chipset on a 3.5 inch motherboard. More »

Hardkernerl ODROID-X announced

If you’re looking for a mini-PC that packs more punch than the Raspberry Pi, Hardkernel’s upcoming OXDOID-X might be right for you. It features a quad-core 1.4GHz Samsung Exynos 4412 processor (the one that powers the Galaxy S3), 1GB of RAM and Android 4.04 Ice Cream Sandwich (though you can easily replace it with Ubuntu 12.04 or other distributions of Linux). For output, it features a microHDMI port, an SDcard slot for expansion, 6 x USB 2.0 ports, a LAN 10/100 port, a UART Consol Port and a microUSB port. The ODROID-X is expected to ship at the end of July for $129 – a lot more than the Raspberry Pi but for what you can do with it, it’s not too bad.

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