<s>
CuBox	B-Application
and	O
CuBox-i	O
are	O
series	O
of	O
small	O
and	O
fanless	O
nettop-class	O
computers	O
manufactured	O
by	O
the	O
Israeli	O
company	O
SolidRun	O
Ltd	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
all	O
cube-shaped	B-Application
and	O
sized	O
at	O
approximately	O
2	O
×	O
2	O
×	O
2	O
inches	O
(	O
5	O
cm	O
)	O
and	O
weigh	O
91grams	O
(	O
0.2lb	O
,	O
or	O
3.2oz	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CuBox	B-Application
was	O
first	O
announced	O
in	O
December	O
2011	O
and	O
began	O
shipping	O
in	O
January	O
2012	O
,	O
initially	O
being	O
marketed	O
as	O
a	O
cheap	O
open-source	O
developer	O
platform	O
for	O
embedded	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first-generation	O
CuBox	B-Application
was	O
according	O
to	O
SolidRun	O
the	O
first	O
commercially	O
available	O
desktop	O
computer	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Marvell	O
Armada	O
500-series	O
SoC	O
(	O
System-on-Chip	B-Architecture
)	O
and	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
was	O
said	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
smallest	O
desktop	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2013	O
,	O
SolidRun	O
released	O
the	O
Cubox-i1	O
,	O
i2	O
,	O
i2eX	O
,	O
and	O
i4Pro	O
,	O
containing	O
i.MX6	O
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CuBox	B-Application
is	O
a	O
low-power	O
computer	O
based	O
on	O
ARM-architecture	B-Architecture
CPU	B-General_Concept
,	O
using	O
the	O
Marvell	O
Armada	O
510	O
(	O
88AP510	O
)	O
SoC	O
with	O
an	O
ARM	O
v6/v7	O
-compliant	O
superscalar	O
processor	O
core	O
,	O
Vivante	O
GC600	O
OpenGL	B-Application
3.0	O
and	O
OpenGL	B-Application
ES	I-Application
2.0	O
capable	O
2D/3D	O
graphics	B-Architecture
processing	I-Architecture
unit	I-Architecture
,	O
Marvell	O
vMeta	O
HD	O
Video	O
Decoder	O
hardware	O
engine	O
,	O
and	O
TrustZone	O
security	O
extensions	O
,	O
Cryptographic	O
Engines	O
and	O
Security	O
Accelerator	O
(	O
CESA	O
)	O
co-processor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
being	O
about	O
2-inch-square	O
in	O
size	O
,	O
the	O
platform	O
can	O
stream	O
and	O
decode	O
1080p	O
content	O
,	O
use	O
desktop-class	O
interfaces	O
such	O
as	O
KDE	B-Application
or	O
GNOME	B-Application
under	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
,	O
while	O
requiring	O
less	O
than	O
3watts	O
and	O
less	O
than	O
1watt	O
in	O
standby	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SolidRun	O
currently	O
officially	O
only	O
supports	O
Linux	O
kernel	O
2.6.x	O
or	O
later	O
and	O
Android	B-Application
2.2.x	O
and	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
comes	O
with	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
Desktop	I-Operating_System
10.04	O
and	O
Android	B-Application
2.2	O
dual-boot	O
pre-installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2013	O
,	O
SolidRun	O
released	O
a	O
family	O
of	O
CuBox-i	O
computers	O
named	O
CuBox-i1	O
,	O
i2	O
,	O
i2eX	O
,	O
and	O
i4Pro	O
,	O
containing	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
different	O
i.MX6	O
processors	O
by	O
Freescale	O
Semiconductor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Announced	O
in	O
December	O
2014	O
,	O
CuBoxTV	O
is	O
a	O
mid-range	O
and	O
simplified	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
CuBox-i	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
exclusively	O
operate	O
KODI	B-Application
(	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
XBMC	B-Application
)	O
on	O
an	O
OpenELEC	B-Application
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
CuBoxTV	O
weighs	O
approximately	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
around	O
2X2	O
Inches	O
wide	O
and	O
1.8	O
inches	O
high	O
,	O
shaped	O
like	O
a	O
cube	B-Application
with	O
rounded	O
sides	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
an	O
i.MX6	O
Quad	B-Architecture
core	I-Architecture
processor	O
at	O
a	O
1GHz	O
speed	O
,	O
1GB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
memory	I-Architecture
,	O
8GB	O
base	O
storage	O
memory	O
and	O
a	O
GC2000	O
OpenGL	B-Application
quad	O
shader	O
GPU	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
houses	O
a	O
couple	O
of	O
USB	B-Protocol
2.0	O
ports	O
,	O
a	O
HDMI	B-Protocol
port	O
,	O
microSD	O
port	O
and	O
an	O
Ethernet	O
port	O
.	O
</s>
