$72 Chinese android tablets.

[laingsoft]

I've been looking at these tablet that run the Allwinner/Rockchip A1X microprocessors, these things are pree badass. They come with an onboard Mali 400 GPU, Cortex A8 processor running at 1.2/1.0, but capable of running at 1.5. The best part? The A1X only costs like $7 bulk price for the board, meaning the tablets cost NOTHING.

This intrigued me, so I ordered one of http://dx.com/p/m746d-7-0-capacitive-screen-android-4-0-tablet-pc-w-tf-wi-fi-camera-g-sensor-white-156573 and I am going to open this thing up.

Some specs on the allwinner
1.2ghz Cortex A8 ARM Core
MALI400MP OpenGL ES 2.0 GPU
DDR3 Controller 800MHz 1GB max
2160p Hardware-accelerated Video playback (4x the resolution of 1080p)
2D Accelerated Graphics (G2D) Engine
a NAND Flash Controller that is capable of 8-way concurrent DMA (8 NAND ICs)
4 SDIO interfaces (SD 3.0, UHI class)
USB 2.0 Host as well as a 2nd USB-OTG Interface (USB-OTG can be reconfigured as USB 2.0 Host, automatically)
24-pin RGB/TTL as well as simultaneous HDMI out
SATA-II 3gb/sec
10/100 Ethernet (MII compatible)
a 2nd 24-pin RGB/TTL interface that is multiplexed (shared) on the same pins for a standard IDE (PATA) interface.
GPIO, I2C, PWM, Keyboard Matrix (8x8), built-in Resistive Touchscreen Controller, and much more.

Know what the bolded ones mean?
I do.
They mean I'm going to put a *Can'tSayThisOnTV*ing 120 GB solid state in this godDang tablet. and a full 1GB of DDR3 ram.

 

[hailrazer]

Link is broke

*edit found it :
http://dx.com/p/m746d-7-0-capacitive-sc ... ite-156573

 

[vskid3]

Know what the bolded ones mean?
I do.
They mean I'm going to put a *Can'tSayThisOnTV*ing 120 GB solid state in this godDang tablet. and a full 1GB of DDR3 ram.

They mean that is what the CPU is capable of, not what is actually on the board its put on. I highly doubt you'll find a SATA port or ram slot inside it.

 

[ttsgeb]

I'm going to blindly accept that you know what you're talking about, and look forward to seeing this come together.

I'm also going to ignore the logic in vskid's statement.

 

[laingsoft]

Know what the bolded ones mean?
I do.
They mean I'm going to put a *Can'tSayThisOnTV*ing 120 GB solid state in this godDang tablet. and a full 1GB of DDR3 ram.

They mean that is what the CPU is capable of, not what is actually on the board its put on. I highly doubt you'll find a SATA port or ram slot inside it.

I am aware of this, With some careful firmware modification, and careful soldering, there will be.