2014-08-28, 12:32
Imagination Technologies who bought MIPS Technologies last year now want kickstart a trend for cheap development boards based on MIPS computer architecture for Linux and Android to both attract/encourage developers and to compete with affordable ARM development boards like Raspberry Pi Model B and BeagleBone Black.
To do this they have they have begun this journey by first announced their "MIPS Creator CI20" development board and is now offering it for free to a limited amount of selected accredited developers against their promise to work on either developing new killer apps software for it or port popular existing open source applications to it.
In theory all you have to do is to fill out a request form with your personal and organizational information and and give a good pro argument for your software under project description
http://blog.imgtec.com/powervr-developer...oid-debuts
http://store.imgtec.com/product/mips-creator-ci20/
http://store.imgtec.com/mips-creator-ci20/
It should however be noted that this first MIPS Creator CI20 is really only targerted at developers and hackers, and not even to entusists or power-users. Instead their plan is to first get popular software ported to the platform, and only then release a new similar model that will be smaller and cheaper to mass produce so when subsidized by Imagination Technologies it can be sold in the same price range as Raspberry Pi Model B and BeagleBone Black, or perhaps just a little more costly considering the CI20 higher specification which also includes integrated 8GB storage, WiFi, and Bluetooth.
http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/27/imagi...dev-board/
http://www.cnx-software.com/2014/08/28/m...evelopers/
http://www.cnx-software.com/2014/08/13/m...x-android/
MIPS Creator CI20 specifications is quite impressive today when compared to the current competition:
SoC – Ingenic JZ4780 dual-core MIPS32 processor @ 1.2 GHz with Imagination PowerVR SGX540 GPU. 32kI + 32kD per core, 512K shared L2.
System Memory – 1GB DDR3
Storage – 8GB NOR flash, 1x SD card slot, 1x SD card slot via expansion
Video Output – HDMI 1.4b up to 1080p
Audio I/O – HDMI, Andio In and Out via 3.5mm jack
Video Playback – Up to 1080p60
Connectivity – 10/100M Ethernet, Wi-Fi + Bt 4.0 module (IW8103)
USB – 1x USB OTG, 1x USB 2.0 Host.
Expansions Headers – Access to 23x GPIOs, 2x SPI, 1x I2S, 7x ADC on header, including 5-wire touch and battery monitoring function, 1x UART, Transport Stream I/F.
Debugging – UART, and 14-pin MIPS EJTAG header
Misc – IR receiver, power LED, and button
Power Supply – 5V via 4mm/1.7mm barrel connector
Dimensions – 90x95mm
XBMC Foundation should qualified as a such organization, so maybe we will see an official XBMC port by team Kodi developers someday?
http://developer.mips.com
https://github.com/MIPS
To do this they have they have begun this journey by first announced their "MIPS Creator CI20" development board and is now offering it for free to a limited amount of selected accredited developers against their promise to work on either developing new killer apps software for it or port popular existing open source applications to it.
In theory all you have to do is to fill out a request form with your personal and organizational information and and give a good pro argument for your software under project description
http://blog.imgtec.com/powervr-developer...oid-debuts
http://store.imgtec.com/product/mips-creator-ci20/
http://store.imgtec.com/mips-creator-ci20/
It should however be noted that this first MIPS Creator CI20 is really only targerted at developers and hackers, and not even to entusists or power-users. Instead their plan is to first get popular software ported to the platform, and only then release a new similar model that will be smaller and cheaper to mass produce so when subsidized by Imagination Technologies it can be sold in the same price range as Raspberry Pi Model B and BeagleBone Black, or perhaps just a little more costly considering the CI20 higher specification which also includes integrated 8GB storage, WiFi, and Bluetooth.
http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/27/imagi...dev-board/
http://www.cnx-software.com/2014/08/28/m...evelopers/
http://www.cnx-software.com/2014/08/13/m...x-android/
MIPS Creator CI20 specifications is quite impressive today when compared to the current competition:
SoC – Ingenic JZ4780 dual-core MIPS32 processor @ 1.2 GHz with Imagination PowerVR SGX540 GPU. 32kI + 32kD per core, 512K shared L2.
System Memory – 1GB DDR3
Storage – 8GB NOR flash, 1x SD card slot, 1x SD card slot via expansion
Video Output – HDMI 1.4b up to 1080p
Audio I/O – HDMI, Andio In and Out via 3.5mm jack
Video Playback – Up to 1080p60
Connectivity – 10/100M Ethernet, Wi-Fi + Bt 4.0 module (IW8103)
USB – 1x USB OTG, 1x USB 2.0 Host.
Expansions Headers – Access to 23x GPIOs, 2x SPI, 1x I2S, 7x ADC on header, including 5-wire touch and battery monitoring function, 1x UART, Transport Stream I/F.
Debugging – UART, and 14-pin MIPS EJTAG header
Misc – IR receiver, power LED, and button
Power Supply – 5V via 4mm/1.7mm barrel connector
Dimensions – 90x95mm
XBMC Foundation should qualified as a such organization, so maybe we will see an official XBMC port by team Kodi developers someday?
http://developer.mips.com
https://github.com/MIPS
