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China's Rockchip Dual-Core ARM Beats makes the best in business (Qualcomm Snapdragon, NVIDIA Tegra & Samsung Exynos) bite the dust

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Fuzhou Rockchip Electronics Company (or simply Rockchip) is mostly known for its low-power silicon which powers numerous entry-level tablets, smartphones, digital frames, personal media players etc. The company recently unveiled its high-performing chips, the RK 3000 Series. The company from Mainland China is powering vast majority of set-top-boxes, digital picture frames, personal media players and of course, numerous low-end tablets and smartphones. Given every product we've seen so far, you would not put Rockchip in the same class of product as Qualcomm Snapdragon, Nvidia Tegra, TI OMAP or Samsung Exynos. At Computex Taipei 2012, the company unveiled products based on the RK3066, first-generation dual-core chip based on ARM Cortex-A9 processors and using Mali-400MP as the GPU. At first glance, it looked like RK3066 cannot hold the candle to its contemporary competitors. Given Rockchip's focus on creating chips as affordable as possible, the company relied on TSMC

New Android TV Stick MK808 running Android 4.1

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THE STORY TILL NOW:-  One had still not overcome the awesomeness of the MK802, It's sheer size was a matter of discussions in many a forums. "Look at the size of that thing, how can it be a PC". " The power of PC in your hand" were the slogans and quotes showered on the MK802, which truly was a revolutionary product. MK802 was followed up by a lot of versions - MK802 II, MK802+ and what not.  Then came the UG802 it changed the core and added one more, (Dual-core). users and bloggers reviewers massacred the MK802 vis-a-vis UG802 and UG802 Dual core Android PC ( on a dongle) was the winner in all forums. It had taken care of the heating problems which the MK802 had and also had a Dual core processor and a Quad core GPU. It meant everyone was happy about it. Well, things really happen fast in the tech-world, barely weeks into users basking the glory of the UG802, comes the new and improved "MK808" RK 3066 Android TV stick is in the market. What