It allows Android 2.1 to run for one thing. Seriously it is a dual core mobile unit that looks nice.from the manufacturer:The TCC890x is a system LSI for digital multimedia applications based onARM1176JZF-S, an ARM’s proprietary RISC CPU core. It is designed for high-endmultimedia entertainment devices such as car AVN, portable multimedia player andhome entertainment.The TCC890x supports decoding and encoding various types of video and audiostandards with software and dedicated hardware codecs including JPEG / MPEG1 /MPEG2 / MPEG4 / H.264 / VC-1 up to Full HD (1080p) and MP3 / WMA / EAAC+ /AC3, etc. In addition, TCC890x offers a hardwired 3D graphic accelerator to enrichnext generation GUI and other graphical applications.