Intel's $150 HDMI Stick Turns Any TV Into a Windows Desktop
This is the Intel Compute Stick, a humble HDMI dongle that gives a full desktop computer experience. It's not a particularly powerful one — you get a quad-core 1.33GHz Intel Atom processor, 2GB of RAM, and 32GB of solid state storage—but it does have Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and both a full-size USB port and a microSD card slot for expandability.
The Compute Stick uses Intel's Bay Trail Atom Z3735F quad-core processor and includes Bluetooth 4.0, 2.4Ghz 802.11n wireless and a single USB port. It also includes a microSD expansion slot for more storage.
In terms of connectivity the Intel Compute Stick has a male HDMI port on one end and a microUSB for power. Intel is working on an improved verison that will draw its power from the HDMI port itself, saving you a cable.
The pocketable computer will be available this March. Future versions will update the chipset from Bay Trail to the new Cherry Trail and maybe even Core M.
A Linux version of the Compute Stick is also available for $89. It comes with 8GB of storage and 1GB of RAM.
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