Can the dual system concept introduce the box market again?

At this year's CES 2014, the return of the dual system concept, many tablet manufacturers have launched Android + Win8 dual system products, and the network set-top box and tablet manufacturers are inextricably linked, and the network set-top box is limited to Influenced by SARFT's policy restrictions, whether Android/Win8 dual-system network set-top boxes can also “ride” in the market?

The concept of dual systems was not introduced until this year. Windows and Apple systems can already switch between them. Because the chips they use are all from Intel, so there are not many problems, and most of the networks on the market The set-top box is a box with an Android system, which has to work hard on the technical level.

Let's first look at the Android ecosystem that survives. The traditional network set-top box is based on the ARM+ARM version of the Android architecture. For example, now the larger Quanzhi, Huawei Hass, and Rockchip microprocessors are all based on the ARM architecture design. Processor, and the earliest Android system is also attached to the ARM architecture processor to survive, so ARM + ARM version of Android is the oldest and most optimized combination. The good news is that in the era of rapid development of the mobile Internet, Google launched the X86 version of the Android system to compete with Microsoft, which means that your home PC host can install the Android system, after many years of optimization, the latest X86 Android system update To version 4.4, software compatibility is better. This also provides a software foundation for the Android/Win8 dual system.

Intel also played an important role in promoting the dual system process. On April 11, 2013, Intel introduced the Atom Bay Trail processor with a 22-nanometer technology. The processor power consumption is unprecedentedly low without affecting normal operation. , Compromise on performance, so the price is relatively cheap, which will also provide network set-top boxes in the price advantage, but its most important feature is that the series of processors across both Android and Windows mainstream Operating system! Therefore, the Atom+X86 version of the Android architecture provides the hardware foundation.

What can a dual system box bring us? Once, a “181” document of the SARFT has blocked numerous network set-top box manufacturers on the front door. The buzzing network set-top box market has been quiet since then. Can a dual-system box be rekindled?

Android system box with its open source advantages, many applications, suitable for large-screen operation and other advantages in the "to seize the living room" concept has not yet matured, has won most of the market, the existence of truth, Android system box, whether it is in the control experience or entertainment features There is a large part of it for "big screen"; Android/Win8 dual-system box is no different from traditional PC in Win8 mode, and can be monitored by installing software or direct web page without good monitoring. "181" file restrictions, you can freely enjoy online video; coupled with the introduction of Intel Atom Bay Trail technology, not only to enhance the performance of the traditional Android box, but also reduce the cost of dual system production, so that it is controlled at the price and the traditional set-top box In the scope of this, this is the benefit that the dual system brings to us. It undoubtedly hits the box market with a dose of strength.

When the dual-system technology is not yet clear, the Internet set-top box giant Tian Min gave us the first to launch "intel inside" dual-system network set-top box iBox Core Box D9i, equipped with Intel Bay-trail Z3735D chip, using 64-bit processor, the highest frequency For 1.33GHz, L2 is 2MB, integrates seventh-generation Ivy Bridge Graphics core graphics, supports DirectX11, OpenGL 3.2, HTML5 hardware acceleration, can install Android and Win8 systems.

Since then, Intel, Google, Microsoft's mobile Internet "Three Kingdoms" is being staged, from ARM's dominance of Android mobile devices to the X86 version of the Android system is increasingly optimized, from Microsoft's PC desktop to the current google, In-depth position, from Intel's hardware cooperation to the rise of the Android/Win8 dual system, when the technical standards have not yet come out, Xiao Bian is not good to the dual system box definition is good or bad, dual system products in the end is a gimmick or " The "Savior" will take time to wait for the market and the consumer to dominate. Hope that with the development of technology, more and more powerful performance, more attractive prices, more in-depth optimization of the dual system to join the network set-top box lineup, flourishing in the Based on the choice of multiple systems, consumers are given more choices. At this moment, the box market seems to have exhaled the vigorous atmosphere of the box.