Index

1. Cubietruck (Cubieboard 3)

• The third version has a new and larger PCB layout and features the following hardware
  • SoC: Allwinner A20
  • CPU: ARM Cortex-A7 @ 1 GHz dual-core
  • GPU: Mali-400 MP2
  • display controller: unknown, supports HDMI 1080p
  • 2 GiB DDR3 @ 480 MHz
  • 8 GB NAND flash built-in, 1x microSD slot, 1x SATA 2.0 port (2.5" laptop harddrive)
  • 10/100/1000 RTL8211E Gigabit Ethernet
  • 2x USB Host, 1x USB OTG, 1x CIR.
  • S/PDIF, headphone and HDMI audio out, mic and line-in via extended pins
  • Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on board with PCB antenna (Broadcom BCM4329/BCM40181)
  • 54 extended pins including I²C, SPI
  • Dimensions: 11 cm x 8 cm

2. Operating systems

• Debian
• Android
• ArchLinux
• OpenSuse
• FreeBSD

3. Open hardware

• all software is free or open source
• SATA harddrive
• internal NAND memory 8GB, you can flash, or use uSD card for the OS
  • OS can be configured to boot from any of the three devices
• can be bought for £72.00 at the time of writing
• slower than the U3 (and less expensive)

4. Cubieboard 8

• On May 4, 2014 CubieTech announced the Cubieboard 8
• based on an Allwinner A80 SoC (quad Cortex-A15, quad Cortex-A7 big.LITTLE)
  • replacing the Mali GPU with a PowerVR GPU.
• SoC: Allwinner A80
  • CPU: 4x Cortex-A15 and 4x Cortex-A7 implementing ARM big.LITTLE
  • GPU: PowerVR G6230 (Rogue)
  • video acceleration: A new generation of display engine that supports H.265, 4K resolution codec and 3-screen simultaneous output
  • display controller: unknown
  • USB 3.0

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