It isn’t the primary time we’re run into CUPP Computing ‘s unique ability to blend the x86 and ARM platforms into one device — no less than in prototype form — and earlier than the beginning of Computex 2011 here in Taipei we got a opportunity to experience the company’s latest iteration called PunkThis. The product is intended to interchange your computer’s 2.5-inch SATA hard disk with a board featuring a whole ARM -based system in conjunction with a mini-PCIe socket — the latter in a position to accommodating a physically smaller SATA SSD to address the missing storage for the x86 host. PunkThis is built around a Texas Instruments DM3730 ARM CPU with 512 MB of RAM and features a WiFi radio, in addition connectors and cables to interface the board with existing video, audio, and USB facilities at the host computer (no soldering required).
The netbook we got to play with was running Android 2.3 ( Gingerbread ) but was lacking WiFi support. It ran perfectly alongside Windows 7 which was powered by the prevailing Atom processor. Switching OS-es is simply a hotkey away, and battery life is supposedly doubled when the primary x86 CPU is shut down and the sole the daughter board is operational. PunkThis also provides two microSD card slots — one for system storage utilized by the ARM-based OS (Android as a result), the alternative for mass storage visible to both environments (shared space). Pricing is meant to stay below $200 and availability is predicted in 8 weeks. That’s pretty hardcore, but with a reputation like PunkThis would you are expecting anything less? Feast your eyes on our gallery and peek after the break for our hands-on video.
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