Snowball is a powerful board with ST-Ericsson’s Nova A9500 processor (ARM dual-core Cortex A9 @ 1GHz) and the Mali 400 GPU.
ST-Ericsson will offer MeeGo, Android and Ubuntu releases for Snowball, and provide support for both hobbyist and professional users of the Snowball board. Linaro blog
Two versions of the Snowball developer board will be sold by Calao Systems and ST-Ericsson's worldwide network of distributors, starting in June:
The software development version (SDK, 4GBytes e-MMC)
The product development version (PDK, 8GBytes e-MMC - also usable in end products).
Details will be sent over the Announce Mailinglist as soon as they are available.
Specifications:
ARM Dual Cortex A9@1GHz
4/8 GByte e-MMC
1 GByte LP-DDR2
1 x Micro-SD
1 x RTC Battery Backup
1 x HDMI Full HD
1 x Ethernet 10/100 Mbits
1 x CVBS Video OUT
1 x Audio OUT
1 x Audio IN
1 x USB OTG Hi-Speed (480 Mbits)
1 x Li-Ion Battery Charger
1 x Serial Port (RS232 / Over USB)
1 x JTAG Connector
1 x MiPi34 Debug Connector
1 x IEEE 802.11 b/g/n WLAN
1 x Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (Ex.Antenna)
1 x GPS (Ex. Antenna)
1 x 3 Axis Accelerometer
1 x 3 Axis Magnetometer
1 x 3 Axis Gyrometer
1 x Pressure sensor
3 x Expansion Connectors:
1 x 16 pins Top Connector (I2C, SPI, UART, GPIO)
1 x 60 pins Top Connector (I2C, SPI, UART, HSI, FSMC, GPIO)