CuBox
CuBox and CuBox-i are series of small and fanless nettop-class computers manufactured by the Israeli company SolidRun Ltd. They are all cube-shaped and sized at approximately 2 × 2 × 2 inches (5 cm) and weigh 91 grams (0.2 lb, or 3.2 oz). CuBox was first announced in December 2011 and began shipping in January 2012, initially being marketed as a cheap open-source developer platform for embedded systems.
i.MX6-based CuBox (2014) | |
| Common manufacturers | Marvell or Freescale Semiconductor |
|---|---|
| Design firm | SolidRun |
| Introduced | CuBox 11 December 2011 |
| Cost | 99 euro (~US$135) |
| Type | Single-board computer |
| Processor | Marvell Armada 510 ARMv7 or i.MX6 |
| Frequency | From 800 MHz and upwards |
| Memory | From 1 GB and upwards |
| Coprocessor | VFPv3 (VFP/FPU) WMMX / WMMX2 SIMD vMeta Video Decoder Vivante GC600 GPU Two XOR/DMA Engines and PDMA TrustZone CESA PMU (Power Management Unit) |
| Ports | HDMI 1.3 with CEC S/PDIF (optical output) 1000baseT Ethernet 2 × USB 2.0 host ports 1 × eSATA (3 Gbit/sec) IrDA (InfraRed) receiver MicroUSB (console only) MicroSD slot (comes with 2 GB MicroSD SDXC, upgradable to 64 GB) |
| Power consumption | 3 W @ 5 V, 2 A DC |
| Weight | ~91 g |
| Dimensions | 55 × 55 × 42 mm |
The first-generation CuBox was according to SolidRun the first commercially available desktop computer based on the Marvell Armada 500-series SoC (System-on-Chip) and at the time was said to be the world's smallest desktop computer.
In November 2013, SolidRun released the Cubox-i1, i2, i2eX, and i4Pro, containing i.MX6 processors.
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