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Re:Gaming Console Ouya Raises $1 Million on Kickstarter in 8... by flatline3 on Wednesday July 11, 2012 @12:34AM (#4227739)
System-on-a-chip, so no, you can't. It's not a standardized thing were you just drop in another socket and mb-compatible x86 CPU.
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Re:Gaming Console Ouya Raises $1 Million on Kickstarter in 8... by patrickaljord on Wednesday July 11, 2012 @12:48AM (#4227772)
It's not very clear what part of the system will be open source but if the whole OS and their layer on top are, you could re-install it on anything and replace any part of the hardware.
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Re:Gaming Console Ouya Raises $1 Million on Kickstarter in 8... by flatline3 on Wednesday July 11, 2012 @07:22AM (#4228766)
That assumes standardization of the ARM platform that mostly doesn't exist.
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