Socle Technology’s ARM-powered, 1080p tablet platform due later this year

Socle Technology, a system-on-a-chip manufacturer based in Taiwan, has just announced its sPad A11 design and development platform. Consisting of the GlobalFoundries 65nm chipset, the ARM 1176 CPU and FPU core, Mali 3D Graphic Core, and a full HD 1080p Video CODEC application processor, this bad boy supports multitasking, 3D graphics, and sports a camera, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi. This is a device for those of you who believe there aren’t enough Android tablets in the world — or at least for those of you who realize that the Intel Atom and the Apple A4 aren’t the only games in town. Are you an enterprising young businessman or woman hoping to get into the slate game, and in a hurry? We thought so (you do have that “look” about you). The company promises that this thing’ll be available sometime in the second half of this year. For more info, peep the PR after the break.

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