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ODROID-C1 – Multicore credit card computer
Pretty amazing specs for a 33 quid SBC.
Amlogic ARM® Cortex®-A5(ARMv7) 1.5Ghz quad core CPUs * Mali™-450 MP2 GPU (OpenGL ES 2.0/1.1 enabled for Linux and Android) * 1Gbyte DDR3 SDRAM * Gigabit Ethernet * 40pin GPIOs * eMMC4.5 HS200 Flash Storage slot / UHS-1 SDR50 MicroSD Card slot * USB 2.0 Host x 4, USB OTG x 1, * Infrared(IR) Receiver * Uses Ubuntu 14.04 or Android KitKat operating systems
Includes HDMI out. (via Conor O’Neill)(tags: via:conoro uk sbc hacking linux hardware odroid gadgets)
How TCP backlog works in Linux
good description of the process