Toshiba AC100 (or Dynabook AZ in Japan, code named Paz00 by Compal) is a smartbook device from Toshiba that was announced in June 2010.http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/generic/b2c-toshiba-ac100
Technical details
Hardware The mainboard is derived from the Nvidia Tegra Harmony reference board.
The main CPU is a Tegra 250 SoC which consists of:
Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9 processor, 1 MB L2 cache ULP (Ultra Low Power) GeForce GPU DDR2 controller, 512 MB RAM (256 + 256 MB chips) Dual-display controller (LVDS + HDMI) JPEG encoder/decoder Video encode/decoder Sound chip It is able to remain in stand-by mode for up to 7 days.
Supplemental chips are (among others)
Embedded flash (type depends on the model, e.g. Toshiba THGBM2G7D4FBAI9) Embedded controller (ENE KB926QF-D3?) Power management unit TPS658622A Wi-Fi (Ralink/MSI RT3070STA) Bluetooth chip (optional) 3G modem (optional, Ericsson Business Mobile Networks BV F3307 Mobile Broadband Module)
Software It is supported in the Linux kernel through a device tree file.
The AC100 is the reference device for the Ubuntu ARM port.
OS is Android v2.1 (upgradable to v2.2 since 2011 Toshiba AC100 Gets Froyo. The Smartbook Lives!).
Availability The device was officially available at the Toshiba United Kingdom site.
The AC100 was discontinued in 2011 and is no longer being manufactured.
Reception TechRepublic listed the AC100 as one of the 25 "unique and bizarre breakthroughs" in laptop innovation, because it was one of the first laptops that ran Android.
References
External links Toshiba AC100 wiki Toshiba AC100 Russian wiki elinux.org Toshiba AC100