Stick PC

Amazon Fire TV Stick HDMI

A stick PC or PC on a stick is a single-board computer in a small elongated casing resembling a stick, that can usually be plugged directly (without an HDMI cable) into an HDMI video port. A stick PC is a device which has independent CPUs or processing chips and which does not rely on another computer. It should not be confused with passive storage devices such as thumb drives.

A stick PC can be connected to a peripheral device such as a monitor, TV, or kiosk display to produce visual or audio output.

History

As smart TVs and the popularity of set-top boxes to view streaming services (such as the Roku) grew, companies started looking at making these small computers even smaller and easier to use.

2013-2014 saw several manufacturers come out with Stick PCs. MeeGoPad released the first x86 based Stick PC, featuring the Intel© Atom™ Z3735F Processor.[1] In April 2013, Tronsmart released the MK908, using the Rockchip RK3188 (featuring the quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 and ARM Mali-400MP GPU).[2]On July 24 2013, Google introduced the Google Chromecast., a streaming device similar in function and design to a stick PC.[3][4]On November 19, 2014, Amazon released a smaller version of the Fire TV called the Fire TV Stick.

1st generation Google Chromecast in 2013

In March 2015, Asus and Google introduced the Chromebit, a stick PC based on the Rockchip RK3288 SoC and running Google's Chrome OS.[5]

in 2016, Intel introduced the Intel Compute Stick.[6]

The Intel Compute Stick

Some other examples of Stick PCs are: The Android Mini PC MK802 series from Rikomagic, using Android or GNU/Linux distributions, both based on Linux and Allwinner Technology or Rockchip SoC,[7][8][9] and the Cotton Candy, using Samsung Exynos SoC,[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ MeeGoPad International. "MeegoPad T01 First Intel Windows TV STick". x86pad.com/.
  2. ↑ Brad Linder (April 25, 2013). "Tronsmart MK908 quad-core Android TV stick performance (video)". Liliputing.com.
  3. ↑ David Blaza. "China Beat Google to Chromecast". EE Times.
  4. ↑ Evangelho, Jason (July 24, 2013). "Google's Chromecast A Brilliant Play For The Living Room -- Especially With $35 Price Tag". Forbes.com. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
  5. ↑ Hollister, Sean (March 31, 2015). "Google's Chromebit Turns Any TV Into a Chrome PC for $85". Gizmodo.
  6. ↑ Intel Compute Stick (2016) review, By: Dan Ackerman Reviewed: January 24, 2016, CNET
  7. ↑ Avram Piltch (October 2, 2012). "Android 4.0 Mini PC MK802 II Review". laptopmag.com.
  8. ↑ Brad Linder (June 6, 2012). "$74 MK802 Android 4.0 Mini PC: First impressions (video)". Liliputing.com.
  9. ↑ ames Trew (July 6, 1012). "MK802 Android 4.0 Mini PC hands-on impressions". Engadget.
  10. ↑ Jarred Walton (January 9, 2012). "FXI Cotton Candy Demo: More Power than You Can Shake a (Thumb) Stick at". Anandtech.
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