Pine64

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Pine64 is an organization that develops, manufactures and sells single-board computers , notebooks and smartphones .

history

Pine64 originally operated as Pine Microsystems Inc., based in Fremont , California , and was founded by TL Lim, the inventor of the PopBox and Popcorn Hour line of media players , sold under the Syabas and Cloud Media brands .

In 2015 Pine Microsystems offered its first product, the Pine A64, a single-board computer that can compete with the popular Raspberry Pi in terms of both performance and price . The A64 was first funded in December 2015 through a crowdfunding campaign by Kickstarter.com that raised over $ 1.7 million. The Kickstarter project was overshadowed by delays and shipping problems.
The original Kickstarter page referred to Pine64 Inc., based in Delaware , but all equipment for the Kickstarter campaign was manufactured and sold by Pine Microsystems Inc., based in Fremont, California.

Pine Microsystems Inc. was dissolved in January 2020, while Pine Store Limited was founded in Hong Kong on December 5, 2019 . store.pine64.org claims to operate under the laws of Malaysia and China.

Pine64 is also known for the free smartphone PinePhone .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ About Us - Cloud Media ( en-US )
  2. ↑ Matt Brian: PINE A64 is a $ 15, 'high-performance' take on the Raspberry Pi . December 9, 2015. Accessed August 11, 2020.
  3. ↑ Lucas Matney: The Pine A64 Is A $ 15 PC With Endless Possibilities . January 21, 2016. Accessed August 11, 2020.
  4. ↑ Agam Shah: Meet the Raspberry Pi's new rival: The $ 15 Pine 64 finally ships with 4K video support , PCWorld . March 15, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2020. 
  5. ↑ PINE 64 INC., File number 5854755 .
  6. ^ Filing for Pine Microsystems, State of California .
  7. ↑ Certificate of Dissolution ( en-US )
  8. ↑ Pine Store Limited, filing number 2899554. ( zh-CN )
  9. ↑ https://store.pine64.org/?page_id=435