Rockchip has officially partnered up with Google to produce this device

Jun 6, 2014 13:20 GMT  ·  By

Not so long ago, Intel and low-cost chip maker Rockchip announced an atypical partnership and the fruits of this new agreement are apparently already visible at the Computex tradeshow in Taiwan.

According to a video posted by ARM Devices, the first Chromebook to draw life from a Rockchip processor is currently in existence. This device boasts a 13.3-inch form factor (1366 x 768 pixels) and is based on a quad-core Rockchip RK3288 (Cortex A12) with Mali-T764.

We should expect to see these kinds of Chromebooks headed for retail in the third quarter of 2014, maybe in September.

Apparently, the Chromebook is very reminiscent of the MacBook Air outwardly and is very thin and light, but we’re not being told whether the device is going to be built out of polycarbonate and aluminum.

The system also appears to be fanless, because it runs very quietly. The exact specifications of the device are not yet known, but we can speculate the Rockchip Chromebook can will arrive with either 2GB or 4GB of RAM, 16GB of SSD, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, HDMI and USB 3.0.

The price should be maintained at an affordable $149 - $199 / €109 – €146. Rockchip has apparently also confirmed its official partnership with Google for this product, so we might also see a Chromebox and Chromebase arrive bundled with RK3288.