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Relative Performance of ARM Cortex-A 32-bit and 64-bit Cores
Many people assume newer processors will be faster, or that 64-bit processor will provide a performance boost compared to 32-bit processors, but the reality can be quite different, and I’ve...See it on...
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BeagleBone Cookbook: Software and Hardware Problems and Solutions - PDF Free...
BeagleBone Cookbook: Software and Hardware Problems and Solutions PDF Free Download, Reviews, Read Online, ISBN: 1491905395, By Jason Kridner, Mark A. YoderSee it on Scoop.it, via Embedded Systems News
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Mediatek LinkIt Assist 2502 Open Source Hardware Board Targets Wearables and...
After LinkIt ONE, Mediatek Labs has introduced a new IoT development kit based on their Aster M2502 ARM7 processor with LinkIt Assist 2502 comprised of AcSiP MT2502A IoT SiP Core module, a...See it on...
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How to Compare Systems Benchmarked with Phoronix Test Suite
Phoronix Test Suite is an open source benchmark for Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, Windows & BSD operating systems, but in practice it’s mostly used for Linux OS since other benchmarks solutions...See...
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Open Hour Chameleon RK3288 TV Box Gets (Partial) DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD HDMI...
People owning AV receivers capable of outputting 7.1 channels or more have had a hard time finding Android TV boxes that supports HD audio pass-through via HDMI. Many devices can pass through 5.1...See...
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ARDHAT adds Arduino Shield Compatibility, an ISM Band Radio to Raspberry Pi...
NinjaBlocks created Pi Crust add-ons board adding a 433MHz radio and Arduino compatibility to the Raspberry Pi Model A & B a few years ago, but the product has since been removed from their...See...
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How to Program STMicro STM8S $1 Board in Linux
In January, I discovered there was such thing as a one dollar development board based on STMicro STM8S103F3P6 8-bit MCU with 1KB SRAM, 8KB flash, and 640 bytes EEPROM, some GPIOs as well as I2C,...See...
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Perseus Video Codec Claims 2 to 3 Times Better Compression than H.265 using...
H.265 (aka HEVC) is supposed to half the video bandwidth / bitrate required compared to H.264 by delivering the same quality, and VP9 should also offer equivalent compression, but it’s just not...See...
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AtHome Video Streamer App Transforms Android TV Boxes into IP Security Cameras
Some Android mini PCs come with cameras, for example Measy U2C or CS928, but depending on firmware support, most will also take a USB webcam, and the obvious application is for video conferencing...See...
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HPC Performance & Power Usage Comparison – Intel Xeon E3 vs Intel Atom C2720...
Last year, the CERN published a paper comparing Applied Micro X-Gene (64-bit ARM) vs Intel Xeon (64-bit x86) Performance and Power Usage, and they’ve now added IBM Power 8 and Intel Atom Avoton...See...
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Mifree HX-V5 Bluetooth Smart Fitness Tracker sells for $14
Mifree HX-V5 is a waterproof Bluetooth 4.0 activity tracker with fitness tracking and sleep monitoring functions just like Vidonn X5, except the device bring the price level to a new low, as it...
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lowRISC Open Source SoC Project Announces its First Release with Tutorials...
lowRISC project aims to produce a completely open-source SoC (System-on-Chip) based on the 64-bit RISC-V instruction set architecture, as well as a corresponding development board, thus...
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LeTV Smartphones Feature USB Type C connectors, Mediatek Helio X10 and...
LeTV has launched three new smartphones namely LeTV S1, LeTV S1 Pro, LeTV Max with zero bezel on its sides, a new USB type C reversible connector, and powered by Mediatek Helio X10 octa core...
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Linux 4.0 Release – Main Changes, ARM and MIPS Architectures
Linus Torvalds “Ima Sheep” released Linux Kernel 4.0 on Sunday: So I decided to release 4.0 as per the normal schedule, because there really weren’t any known issues, and while...See it on Scoop.it,...
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Allwinner H-Series OTT SoC Roadmap Adds H5 and H2+ Processors
Previously Allwinner only had A-Series processor such as A10 that were used in tablets and media players, but they’ve recently launch H-series processors for “Home entertainment”...See it on Scoop.it,...
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Popcorn Hour VTEN 4K Linux Media Player Unboxing & Teardown
Cloud Media (aka Syabas) sent me their latest Popcorn Hour VTEN media player. It supports HDMI output up to 4K, H.265 video codec, and features an eSATA connector, as well as optical and coaxial...See...
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RaidSonic Releases Firmware and Source Code for Atheros AR9331 Wi-Fi Audio...
RaidSonic is a German company releasing products such as media players and multimedia accessories under their ICY BOX brand. One of those products is ICY Box IB-MP401Air music streaming received...See...
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Bubblegum-96 Development Board Complies with 96Boards, Features Actions Semi...
We’ve already have two 96Boards compliant boards formally announced with HiSilicon Hikey and Qualcomm Dragonboard 410c, and Actions Semiconductor was also expected to release theirs soon....See it on...
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AlphaScale ASM9260 ARM9 Processor Details and Development Board
Yesterday, as I wrote a Linux 4.0 Changelog, I noticed a new ARM processor called AlphaScale ASM9260, and I thought it might be interesting to find out more. A Google search would only return...
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Popcorn Hour VTEN Review
Popcorn Hour VTEN a Linux based media player powered by Sigma Designs SMP8757 ARM Cortex A9 processor. Contrary to the many Android TV boxes I tested in the last few years, the device is dedicated...
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