Besides the large brands, many companies exhibiting at MWC Barcelona products often very original. For example, this MacBook Pro amended by Cupp, who can run Android through a second motherboard with embedded ARM processor. This young Norwegian company holds a patent which aims to integrate the ARM processor directly into the chipset of a standard PC platform.
Without having entered a partnership with Intel or AMD to achieve this, CUPPS uses a daughter board hosting a complete ARM platform (SoC, flash memory). In the MacBook Pro presentation at MWC, this card takes the place of the optical drive. The interface between the two motherboards is not specified in this case, but it is most likely PCI-Express (CUPPS patent also provides for the use of USB).
The result is a two-headed machine that can provide either good or excellent battery performance. CUPPS table 20 to 30 hours on a MacBook Pro, for example. The great interest in technology CUPPS is that the ARM platform retains the full access to devices and resources of the machine: keyboard, screen and hard drive.
Subject to software compatibility, so we can enjoy the same material and content on the ARM and x86. CUPPS says she will release "products" in the second quarter and fourth quarter of this year, one of which may be the daughter card used in this demo. To be continued ... 
Without having entered a partnership with Intel or AMD to achieve this, CUPPS uses a daughter board hosting a complete ARM platform (SoC, flash memory). In the MacBook Pro presentation at MWC, this card takes the place of the optical drive. The interface between the two motherboards is not specified in this case, but it is most likely PCI-Express (CUPPS patent also provides for the use of USB).
The result is a two-headed machine that can provide either good or excellent battery performance. CUPPS table 20 to 30 hours on a MacBook Pro, for example. The great interest in technology CUPPS is that the ARM platform retains the full access to devices and resources of the machine: keyboard, screen and hard drive.
Subject to software compatibility, so we can enjoy the same material and content on the ARM and x86. CUPPS says she will release "products" in the second quarter and fourth quarter of this year, one of which may be the daughter card used in this demo. To be continued ...
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