jeff.h: Even though the CuBox-i is QuadCore, it's still an ARM chip
which is no match for Intel's Atom. 4 ARM processors gets you
about half the performance of a single-core roughly equivalent to a dual-core 1.8GHz Atom. It's zippy quick compared to a Raspberry Pi,
but...
Comparing the bogomips of the two boxes says it all:
cat /proc/cpuinfo
Cubox x 4:
Code:
processor : 0-3
model name : ARMv7 Processor rev 10 (v7l)
BogoMIPS : 790.52
Foxconn x 2:
Code:
processor : 0-1
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 28
model name : Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU D425 @ 1.80GHz
stepping : 10
cpu MHz : 1800.172
cache size : 512 KB
bogomips : 4967.61
Having said that, the CuBox-i has plenty of horsepower for Asterisk in most home and small business settings. It's incredibly small, very responsive, dirt cheap, makes zero noise, has no fan yet stays cool.
If we can get WiFi working, it'd be perfect to throw in a suitcase as a link back to the mothership. Unfortunately, NeoRouter does not work. Different ARM implementation than the Raspberry Pi apparently.
UPDATE: The developer of the CuBox has pointed out (in a nice way) that our calculations may be inaccurate, i.e. we are full of

. See Rabeeh's
comments in this thread on their forum. Having read his comments, we agree. Our apologies. We've amended our math.
Here is a script to more accurately test bogomips on the CuBox:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
#
# avgBogoMips.sh
#
# (c) 2011 Sam Caldwell. Public Domain.
#
# This script returns the average bogomips on a given host
# assuming the same has one or more processors/cores.
#
echo $(echo "print ((($( cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep BogoMIPS | awk '{print $3}' | tr -s '\n' '+')0)/$(echo 4))+($( cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep BogoMIPS | awk '{print $3}' | tr -s '\n' '+')0))/2" | python)