<s>
A	O
stick	B-Device
PC	I-Device
or	O
PC	O
on	O
a	O
stick	O
is	O
a	O
single-board	B-Device
computer	I-Device
in	O
a	O
small	O
elongated	O
casing	O
resembling	O
a	O
stick	O
,	O
that	O
can	O
usually	O
be	O
plugged	O
directly	O
(	O
without	O
an	O
HDMI	B-Protocol
cable	O
)	O
into	O
an	O
HDMI	B-Protocol
video	O
port	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
stick	B-Device
PC	I-Device
is	O
a	O
device	O
which	O
has	O
independent	O
CPUs	O
or	O
processing	O
chips	O
and	O
which	O
does	O
not	O
rely	O
on	O
another	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
stick	B-Device
PC	I-Device
can	O
be	O
connected	O
to	O
a	O
peripheral	O
device	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
monitor	B-Device
,	O
TV	B-Operating_System
,	O
or	O
kiosk	O
display	O
to	O
produce	O
visual	O
or	O
audio	O
output	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stick	B-Device
PCs	I-Device
generally	O
have	O
limited	O
computing	O
power	O
and	O
are	O
not	O
suited	O
for	O
intensive	O
tasks	O
,	O
but	O
can	O
be	O
suitable	O
in	O
other	O
applications	O
that	O
do	O
not	O
require	O
such	O
power	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
stick	B-Device
PC	I-Device
was	O
first	O
introduced	O
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Gumstix	B-Application
,	O
which	O
came	O
out	O
that	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
used	O
the	O
ARM	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
system	B-Architecture
on	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
chip	I-Architecture
(	O
SoC	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
2.6	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Operating_System
CE	I-Operating_System
can	O
be	O
installed	O
on	O
this	O
stick	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
popularity	O
of	O
smart	O
TVs	B-Operating_System
and	O
set-top	O
boxes	O
to	O
view	O
streaming	O
services	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Roku	O
)	O
grew	O
,	O
companies	O
started	O
looking	O
at	O
making	O
these	O
small	O
computers	O
even	O
smaller	O
and	O
easier	O
to	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
stick	B-Device
PCs	I-Device
using	O
ARM	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
SoCs	O
were	O
introduced	O
around	O
2012	O
,	O
made	O
of	O
sticks	O
pluggable	O
in	O
an	O
HDMI	B-Protocol
port	O
,	O
including	O
Android	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
PC	I-Device
MK802	I-Device
series	O
from	O
Rikomagic	O
,	O
using	O
Android	B-Application
or	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	O
,	O
both	O
based	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
Technology	I-Architecture
or	O
Rockchip	B-Architecture
SoC	O
and	O
Cotton	B-Application
Candy	I-Application
,	O
using	O
Samsung	O
Exynos	O
SoC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2013-2014	O
saw	O
several	O
manufacturers	O
come	O
out	O
with	O
stick	B-Device
PCs	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
MeeGoPad	O
released	O
the	O
first	O
x86	O
based	O
stick	B-Device
PC	I-Device
,	O
featuring	O
the	O
Intel	O
Atom	O
Z3735F	O
Processor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2013	O
,	O
Tronsmart	O
released	O
the	O
MK908	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
Rockchip	B-Architecture
RK3188	O
(	O
featuring	O
the	O
quad-core	O
ARM	B-Application
Cortex-A9	I-Application
and	O
ARM	O
Mali-400MP	O
GPU	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
24	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Google	O
introduced	O
the	O
Google	B-Device
Chromecast	I-Device
,	O
a	O
streaming	O
device	O
similar	O
in	O
function	O
and	O
design	O
to	O
a	O
stick	B-Device
PC	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
19	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
Amazon	O
released	O
a	O
smaller	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Amazon	B-Application
Fire	I-Application
TV	I-Application
called	O
the	O
Fire	B-Application
TV	I-Application
Stick	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2015	O
,	O
ASUS	O
and	O
Google	O
introduced	O
the	O
Chromebit	B-Protocol
,	O
a	O
stick	B-Device
PC	I-Device
based	O
on	O
the	O
Rockchip	B-Device
RK3288	I-Device
SoC	O
and	O
running	O
Google	O
's	O
ChromeOS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
Intel	O
introduced	O
the	O
Intel	B-Device
Compute	I-Device
Stick	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2017	O
,	O
Intel	O
released	O
the	O
Movidius	O
Neural	O
Compute	B-Device
Stick	I-Device
which	O
included	O
a	O
Vision	O
Processing	O
Unit	O
for	O
vision-specific	O
AI	B-Application
workload	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2018	O
,	O
the	O
Laceli	O
AI	B-Application
Compute	B-Device
Stick	I-Device
came	O
out	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
neural	O
network	O
processor	O
unit	O
for	O
AI	B-Application
workload	O
called	O
Lightspeeur	O
2801S	O
Neural	O
Processor	O
,	O
and	O
claiming	O
to	O
be	O
more	O
powerful	O
and	O
more	O
energy-efficient	O
than	O
the	O
Movidius	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2018	O
,	O
the	O
Orange	O
Pi	O
AI	B-Application
Stick	O
2801	O
came	O
out	O
,	O
also	O
featuring	O
the	O
Lightspeeur	O
2801S	O
Neural	O
Processor	O
.	O
</s>
