CUPP’s PunkThis graduates to tablets, earns a degree in security (hands-on video): Dec 26th 2011 7:21AM
“Remember CUPP Computing’s PunkThis board we played with at Computex 2011? It’s now left the confines of its 2.5-inch hard drive form-factor and jumped ship from a standard Asus netbook to a Core i5-equipped Eee Slate EP121, taking residence alongside the tablet’s battery. ” Link
Meego Experts: JUNE 14, 2011 6:59 PM
“The guys at Cupp Computing presented some Innovation at Computex. Yes, Real innovation. Their product is called “Punk This” and is a system board that plugs into a spare Hard Disk Drive (HDD) slot onto your motherboard of your Laptop / Netbook. This then enables you to run an entirely different Operating System on the newly slotted daughter board that can be switched by use of a Hot-Key.” Link PDF
JKKMobile: May 29, 2011
“For me it is all about more mobility. 5 x battery life is not a little improvement specially as you still have Windows and X86 power when you need it.. ” Link PDF
Tom’s hardware : June 3, 2011
“Simply replace a mobile hard drive with a 2.5-inch module, which integrates a TI 1 GHz OMAP DM3730 processor, 512 MB memory, a W-Fi chip as well as two interfaces for SD card slots. There is also a Mini PCIe connect to an SSD, which can be used to boot the notebook. According to the manufacturer CUPP Computing, the “Punk This” module enables users to achieve web surfing times of about 20 hours – and up to 40 hours with a low-power PixelQi screen.” Link PDF
engadget : May 30, 2011
It’s not the first time we’re run into CUPP Computing‘s unique ability to blend the x86 and ARM platforms into one device — at least in prototype form — and just before the start of Computex 2011 here in Taipei we got a chance to experience the company’s latest iteration called PunkThis. The product is meant to replace your computer’s 2.5-inch SATA hard drive with a board featuring a complete ARM-based system along with a mini-PCIe socket — the latter capable of accommodating a physically smaller SATA SSD to handle the missing storage for the x86 host. PunkThis is built around a Texas Instruments DM3730 1GHz ARM CPU with 512 MB of RAM and includes a WiFi radio, as well as connectors and cables to interface the board with existing video, audio, and USB facilities on the host computer (no soldering required). Link PDF
engadget: December 26, 2011
Remember CUPP Computing’s PunkThis board we played with at Computex 2011? It’s now left the confines of its 2.5-inch hard drive form-factor and jumped ship from a standard Asus netbook to a Core i5-equipped Eee Slate EP121, taking residence alongside the tablet’s battery. As a refresher, PunkThis puts a complete ARM-based system into an x86 computer by replacing the SATA HDD with a single core 1GHz Texas Instruments OMAP 3730 processor, 512MB RAM and WiFi, along with a mini-PCIe socket for SSD storage, plus connectors for the host’s video, audio and USB interfaces. While CUPP computing is still working hard to make PunkThis commercially available for tech-savvy individuals, it acquired Israeli security company Yoggie last July and built this demo machine to attract another kind of customer. Link
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Netbooknews : May 30, 2011
“Its not unrealistic that you’d want to have the best of both worlds, the long battery life of ARM and the ecosystem of X86. The guys over at CUPP have come up with a way to get the most out of your exisiting Intel devices, all you have to do is replace your hard drive with a module called ‘Punk This’ which houses a separate motherboard and SSD. What this means is when you’re using your Windows (or iOS) system and you’ve got 8 minutes of battery life left, all you have to do is flip a switch and move over on to your Punk This Module and the low power chipset running Andriod or Ubuntu and you’ll suddenly have 2 hours of battery life.” Link PDF
Thinkdigit: June 07, 2011
“In essence, PunkThis offers the ability to combine a low power consuming ARM processor with a full fledged PC experience offered by a high performance Intel X86 processor. The idea is pretty simple: switch instantaneously to the Android OS when performing simple tasks such as browsing. And should you need to make a Powerpoint presentation, flick a switch and you’re in Windows using up all the precious wattage you require.” Link PDF
Androidworld.it June 06, 2011
“Sposare le piattaforme x86 ed ARM in un unico dispositivo, questa è la “magia”che CUPP si propone di realizzare, e direttamente dalle ceneri ormai fumanti del Computexpossiamo ammirare la loro ultima creazione: il PunkThis.Questo prodotto vorrebbe rimpiazzare il classico hard disk SATA da 2.5 pollici, tramite una scheda nella quale troviamo un completo sistema ARM-based assieme ad una socket mini-PCIe, capace di alloggiare una più piccola SSD SATA a rimpiazzare lo spazio di memoria mancante per l’host x86.”Link PDF
Notebook Italia: june 02, 2011
“x86 o ARM? E’ una scelta difficile da fare, poiché ciascuna architettura ha i suoi pro e contro, oltre al fatto che, al momento, non sono pienamente supportate da tutti i sistemi operativi esistenti. Così se vogliamo utilizzare Windows 7 sul nostro portatile non potremo certo optare per una CPU ARM, mentre per Google Android è vero il contrario. Poi i processori x86 hanno maggiore potenza di calcolo e offrono supporto a molti programmi professionali, mentre ARM sicuramente offre un risparmio energetico più consistente. Ma allora come risolvere la questione per avere i vantaggi di entrambe le piattaforme?” Link PDF
Golem.de: May 30, 2011
“Cupp Computing will Netbooks durch ein 2,5-Zoll-Modul mit ARM-Prozessor zu deutlich mehr Laufzeit verhelfen. Das erste durch “Punkthis” unterstützte Gerät ist das Asus 1015PN, es soll damit bis zu 20 Stunden durchhalten.”
“Cupp Computing Netbooks will help through a 2.5-inch module with ARM processor at significantly longer duration. The first by “This punk” unsupported device is the Asus 1015PN, so it should hold up to 20 hours.” Link PDF
Heise online : May 31, 2011
“Die Idee der Firma CUPP Computing ist bestechend simpel: Anstelle einer Festplatte wird ein PunkThis-Board in ein x86-Note- oder Netbook gesteckt; dank sparsamer ARM-Technik kann der Nutzer stundenlang surfen. Auf der kleinen Platine sitzt ein OMAP-3-Prozessor von Texas Instruments mit Cortex-A8-Kern und 1 GHz Taktfrequenz. Er hat 512 MByte fest eingelöteten Speicher, ein eigenes WLAN-Modul und zwei SD-Karten-Slots. Mit auf der Platine befindet sich ein Mini-PCIe-Steckverbinder für eine SSD. Von dieser kann das Host-Notebook booten. Das Android-Betriebssystem liegt indes auf einer der beiden SD-Karten, die andere dient dem Datenaustausch zwischen Windows und Android. Auf der Computex zeigt Asus bereits einen Prototypen des Eee PC 1015PN mit PunkThis-Modul. Zwischen den beiden Prozessoren und Betriebssystemen wechselt man per Tastenkombination.” Link PDF
IT-Scoop.com: June 2, 2011
FayerWayer : May 31,2011
“CUPP Computing ha creado una nueva tarjeta llamada PunkThis que puede sustituir el disco duro de tu portátil por un módulo – que combina un procesador ARM y almacenamiento flash – para crear una computadora verde híbrida.”
VR-zone: May 19, 2011
If you’ve never heard of CUPP Computing, don’t despair, as the company has as yet not launched a single product. However, CUPP Computing will be showing off its new PunkThis Hybrid PC module at Computex in less than two weeks’ time and it really could change the way that we use our notebook. Link PDF
VR-zone: June 11, 2011
“CUPP claims 20h worth of battery life using the PunkThis board over the Atom N550 CPU fitted in the Eee PC, although you’d be “limited” to using either Ubuntu or Android 2.3 at the moment, but the platform is open, so any OS that supports the SoC will work. Other features include Wi-Fi, USB ToGo support, a USB host port, a programmable keyboard controller and audio I/O. The board interfaces with most of the external ports on the netbook as well.” Link PDF
Geek.com: May. 30, 2011
“There are all kinds of fun hacks you can perform on your laptop, but this one from CUPP Computingis pretty darn unique. Called PunkThis, the company’s single board computer is designed to pop right into any laptop’s standard SATA bay and enable an entirely different computing experience than the one you’d get from booting off your primary HDD.” Link PDF
PC world : June 1, 2011
“At the end of last year I predicted the rise of dual-boot options over the course of 2011, and it’s great to see offerings like this present users with more and more choice every day. After all, one size rarely fits all in other aspects of life — why should it in computing?” Link PDF
“CUPP Computing had high ambitions for its hybrid PC technology, fitting a complete ARM-based mini-PC into the chassis of a regular computer, and giving users the choice between normal power and the long runtimes of the frugal chipset; now the production version, “PunkThis”, is ready for showtime. A 2.5-inch SATA form-factor board, the CUPP PunkThis module is intended to replace the HDD in a typical notebook: in its place, you get a 1GHz TI OMAP DM3730 paired with 512MB of RAM, a Mini PCIe SSD to replace the host storage, and shared flash memory for both systems.” Link PDF
Geeky Gadgets: May 30, 2011
“Allowing users to choose between either a low power/extended battery life and high performance/ normal battery life, enhancing their PCs functionality. The new PunkThis board has been designed to fit in a standard 2.5” drive bay and contains both and Mini PCIe SSD HD and an ARM processor, and allows users to modify the OS and functionality.” Link PDF
silicon.fr :May 31, 2011
“Les machines hybrides ARM/x86 ne sont pas une nouveauté. Il y a plusieurs années, certains constructeurs, comme Dell, intégraient déjà un processeur ARM de basse consommation au côté des puces x86. Le composant ARM servait à animer un OS simplifié de type Linux, tout en proposant une mise en route instantanée et une consommation électrique minimale.” Link PDF
Xataka: june 5, 2011
“One of the main advantages is that Punk This can be use in desktop or laptop, without distinction, as long as you have any free SATA bay (for example removing the CD drive). Its price is about $200 and it sounds very interesting, not as a massive device but one for certain specific users who like to touch the innards of their machines.”
“Una de principales ventajas de PunkThis es que es un ordenador que podrá utilizarse dentro de sobremesas o portátiles, indistintamente, siempre y cuando tengan libre alguna bahía SATA (por ejemplo, eliminando un lector de discos ópticos). Su precio será de unos 200 dólares y suena muy interesante, no como un dispositivo masivo si no para ciertos usuarios muy puntuales a los que les guste tocar las tripas de sus máquinas.” Link PDF
“PunkThis, podríamos decir que es un dispositivo unico en su tipo, ya que se trata de un netbook que puede juntar dos plataformas diferentes x86 y ARM en un solo equipo. El dispositivo esta contruido con dos tarjetas madre, una DM3730 ARM CPU de Texas Instruments con 512 MB of RAM que es la que se encarga de correr Android 2.3 Gingerbread y otra impulsada por el actual procesador Atom que se encarga de Windows 7.” Link PDF