Originally introduced in August 2014 through a limited promotional giveaway for university students,developers, hobbyists and partners, Imagination was inundated with enquiries leading to today’s announcement that the Creator CI20 is available to pre-order at $65/ £50, with units available at the end of January 2015.

Says Tony King-Smith, EVP of marketing for Imagination said, “We are very excited to be taking part in the growing interest within the open source and maker communities for affordable, fully featured development platforms. Creator CI20 has been designed for people who want high performance and advanced features for their development projects and to create access at the software and hardware level to allow creativity to come to the fore.”

Mike Woster, COO and VP of business development for The Linux Foundation, said “We're excited to see Linux Foundation members like Imagination Technologies contribute to the choice, affordability, power and variety of Linux development boards available today. Whether as a DIY or design platform, work like this is sure to attract more developers and help kick off new applications.”

Features:

－ A 1.2 GHz MIPS32-based, dual-core processor designed for superior performance and low power computing

－ PowerVR SGX540 graphics offering full support for OpenGL 2.1 and OpenGL ES 2.0

－ Dedicated video hardware for low power 1080p decoding at 30 fps

－ A full package of connectivity options including fast Ethernet, high-speed 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0