<story><title>The CHIP Is a $9 Computer That Can Almost Do It All</title><url>http://techcrunch.com/2015/05/08/the-chip-is-a-9-computer-that-can-almost-do-it-all/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mplewis</author><text>They&amp;#x27;re claiming better specs than the RPi Model A (512 MB RAM, 1 GHz CPU) with more features (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi on board) for $9 vs the RPi&amp;#x27;s $25.&lt;p&gt;I highly doubt they will be able to produce the CHIP for $9&amp;#x2F;unit.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>bri3d</author><text>Note that the CHIP doesn&amp;#x27;t have HDMI output built in and that with the HDMI daughterboard, it&amp;#x27;s right back into RPi cost territory.&lt;p&gt;Also, on the flip side of cost comparison, low-quality Allwinner-based tablets are easily available at under $30 on AliExpress.</text></comment>
<story><title>The CHIP Is a $9 Computer That Can Almost Do It All</title><url>http://techcrunch.com/2015/05/08/the-chip-is-a-9-computer-that-can-almost-do-it-all/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mplewis</author><text>They&amp;#x27;re claiming better specs than the RPi Model A (512 MB RAM, 1 GHz CPU) with more features (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi on board) for $9 vs the RPi&amp;#x27;s $25.&lt;p&gt;I highly doubt they will be able to produce the CHIP for $9&amp;#x2F;unit.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>detaro</author><text>From the makezine blog coverage (&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;makezine.com&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;07&amp;#x2F;next-thing-co-releases-worlds-first-9-computer&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;makezine.com&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;07&amp;#x2F;next-thing-co-releases-worlds...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;How an industry giant and a tiny startup came to partner on a sub-$10 computing device owes to Next Thing’s history developing products and business connections with Shenzhen-based accelerator HAXLR8R, says Dave Rauchwerk, one of Next Thing’s three founders. “Once they understood what we were trying to do, they supported us fully.”&lt;p&gt;Connecting with the right company wasn’t the only break the Oakland-based team had going for them. At the same time they were meeting with Allwinner and explaining their aspirations for a dirt-cheap computer, Allwinner was looking to redesign their successful A13 processor in a new, smaller form factor as a cheaper system-on-chip. It is this new chip, called the R8, that Next Thing received early access to and used in its board design.
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