The computer on a stick or “cotton candy” to call it by the right name, is by Norwegian company FXI, and is one small computer, that could turn every screen in your house into a cloud computer. this computer can run either Android or Linux. the computer is not out yet but should be out mid 2012
from fxi company web site http://www.fxitech.com/
benefits
- Provide consumer-friendly access to the Cloud
- Accelerate the adoption of “smart screens”
- Extend the life of consumer hardware like laptops, monitors, TVs, set top boxes, tablets and more by accessing the latest OS, software and apps.
- Provide a consistent experience across all screens
- Create a single point of content storage.
- Consolidation and organization of personal digital content.
- Share media from mobile devices on large screens and projectors – videos, movies, photos, games and more.
- Drive down the cost of computing, allowing more people to have a personal, secure computer.
spec
Quad Core ARM® Mali™-400MP Graphics Processing Unit
-Quad-core ARM Mali-400MP 720p / 1080p OpenGL ES v2.0
-30M Polygons, 1.2 GPixels / sARM® Cortex™-A9@1.2GHz
-NEON extensions
-TrustZone extensionsConnectivity
-Wifi 802.11 b/g/n
-Bluetooth 2.1 + EDRMemory
-1GB DRAM
-Up to 64GB memory local storage (microSD)Software
-Android
-Ubuntu
-Virtualization client for Windows, Linux, Mac, embeddedVideo / Audio / Media Support
-480p/720p/1080p decode of MPEG4-SP/H.263/H.264 AVC/MPEG-2/VC1
-MP3, AAC, AAC+, Real Audio
-JPG, GIF, BMP, PNG
-Additional video, audio and image formats can be supported through 3rd party codecsConnectors
-USB 2.0 male form factor for power and connection to devices that supports USB mass storage
-HDMI 2.1 with audio for connection to devices that does not support USB mass storage
more on the computer and the company that built it
- http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/fxi-cotton-candy-is-an-arm-pc-in-a-usb-stick-20111118/
- http://booredatwork.com/2011/11/18/fxis-cotton-candy-dual-core-computing-on-a-usb-stick-hands-on-video/
- http://www.fxitech.com/
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