http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2407876/chip-usd9-linux-micro-computer-takes-aim-at-raspberry-pi-and-arduino

 

 

THE CHIP 'MICRO-COMPUTER' that costs just $9 (£5.85) has reached over $1m in funding just four days after arriving on Kickstarter.

In what is undoubtedly an attempt to take on the Raspberry Pi and Arduino mini-computers, CHIP is smaller than a credit card (or a banana if you prefer), making it tremendously small considering its capabilities. It's powered by a 1GHz processor alongside 512MB RAM and 4GB storage, and comes with Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity options

 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1598272670/chip-the-worlds-first-9-computer/video_share

 

 

Once again I've no idea what I would do with this but I still want one.

Edited 13 May, 201511 yr by Aspman

Doesn't seem much of a PI competitor as it doesn't seem to have the IO capabilities - other than that it looks quite good.  As Aspman said I've no idea what I would do with it but I want one too.    

Doesn't seem much of a PI competitor as it doesn't seem to have the IO capabilities - other than that it looks quite good.  As Aspman said I've no idea what I would do with it but I want one too.    

 

As I keep telling my mate.... He needs to build the little "injector" robots from the film Runaway.

 

 

J.

You can buy them in Tesco -

 

 

Kirsty Ally was a cracker in the 80's :p

Doesn't seem much of a PI competitor as it doesn't seem to have the IO capabilities - other than that it looks quite good.  As Aspman said I've no idea what I would do with it but I want one too.    

 

Performance is much lower as well with an older single Cortex A8, it looks more suited to an embedded controller of some fashion whereas the Pi2 has more general purpose capabilities.

 

John