Comment on Raspberry PI alternative: Cubieboard 1Ghz 1GB RAMComments−mtgx13yIf they are this late in the cycle, they should've gone with the Cortex A7 CPU and Mali 450 GPU. They might even be cheaper than A8 and Mali400, since they are targeted at the mass-market.−fn0rd13yThere is no SoC currently shipping that uses the A7 as the principal core. It's also considerably slower than the A8 in meaningful ways.
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If they are this late in the cycle, they should've gone with the Cortex A7 CPU and Mali 450 GPU. They might even be cheaper than A8 and Mali400, since they are targeted at the mass-market.
There is no SoC currently shipping that uses the A7 as the principal core. It's also considerably slower than the A8 in meaningful ways.