Installing or upgrading packages in Linux distributions does not normally require rebooting your system, except for the Linux kernel and drivers. But since Linux 4.0 kernel, Live Kernel patching is...


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Theobroma Systems Introduces Micro Qseven Allwinner A64 System-on-Module
Theobroma Systems, an Austrian based engineering services and embedded systems solutions company, has been designing Allwinner based systems-on-module compliant with Micro Qseven standard for a...


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Renesas SK-RZG1M Board Powered by R8A7743 Processor Gets Mainline Linux Support
Another board has gotten initial mainline Linux support recently, with Renesas SK-RZG1M starter kit board based on Renesas_RZ/G1M dual core ARM Cortex A15 SoC with 2GB RAM, a SATA interface, HDMI,...


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NXP Unveils MCUXpresso Development Tools for LPC and Kinetis Microcontrollers
After NXP bought Freescale, you had development tools for Freescale Kinetis MCUs such as Design Studio or Kenetis SDK, and others such as LPCXpresso for NXP LPC microcontrollers. The company has...


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Zidoo X8 Android TV Box, OpenWrt NAS, and HDMI Recorder Sells for $109
I posted my review of Zidoo X9S Android TV box, HDMI recorder and OpenWrt NAS a few days ago, and despite some limitations with regards to 4K video playback, the device is working pretty well. The...


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Aikun Morphus X300 Android Game Console with 3D Display Integrates Detachable Game Controllers
Earlier this week, Nintendo unveiled their innovative switch game console that can be used in various configuration such as a portable game console, and a TV connected game console by inserting the...


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Test Widevine & PlayReady DRM, HDCP 1.x/2.x, 4K VP9 and H.265 in Android with Exoplayer App
I first heard about ExoPlayer in an Android TV Overview presentation at Linaro Connect 2014, but I never really looked into it. The source code is available on Github, and I’ve been given...


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Alorium XLR8 Arduino Compatible Altera MAX 10 FPGA Board Sells for $75
We already have a fair choice of boards with Arduino compatible headers powered by an FPGA with options such as $99 Digilent Arty (Xilinx Artix-7 FPGA), FleaFPGA (Lattice FPGA), Papillio DUO (Xilinx...


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Remix IO Aims to be Your $99 Android 7.0 TV Box, Mini PC, and Game Console (Crowdfunding)
You can use any Android TV box to watch movies on your TV, play some games as you would on a game console, and perform tasks such as checking email, browsing the web or editing documents like...


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HiSilicon Kirin 960 Octa Core Application Processor Features ARM Cortex A73 & A53 Cores, Mali G71 MP8 GPU
Following on Kirin 950 processor found in Huawei Mate 8, P9, P9 Max & Honor 8 smartphones, Hisilicon has now unveiled Kirin 960 octa-core processor with four ARM Cortex A73 cores, four Cortex A53...


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