.. _hardware:

Supported Hardware
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We welcome community contributions to help build Project ACRN support
for a broad collection of architectures and platforms.

This initial release of Project ACRN has been tested on the following
hardware platform.

Intel Apollo Lake NUC
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* `Intel NUC Kit NUC6CAYH Reference
  <https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/boards-kits/nuc/kits/nuc6cayh.html>`_
* Intel |reg| Celeron |reg| Processor J3455
* Tested NUC with 8GB of RAM and using an 128GB SSD

You can read a full `AnandTech review`_ of the NUC6CAYH NUC Kit and
search online for where to purchase this NUC from `Amazon`_,
`SimplyNUC`_, and other vendors. Be sure to purchase the NUC with the
recommended memory and storage options noted above.

.. _AnandTech review:
   https://www.anandtech.com/show/12295/intel-nuc6cayh-arches-canyon-apollo-lake-ucff-pc-review

.. _Amazon:
   https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=NUC6CAYH

.. _SimplyNUC:
   https://www.simplynuc.com/?s=NUC6CAYH&post_type=product

UP Squared board
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The `UP Squared board <http://www.up-board.org/upsquared/>`_ (UP2) is the x86 maker board based on Intel Apollo Lake platform. The UP boards have been used in IoT, industrial automation, digital signage and more. The UP2 features Intel `Celeron N3550 <https://ark.intel.com/products/95598/Intel-Celeron-Processor-N3350-2M-Cache-up-to-2_4-GHz>`_ and Intel `Pentium N4200 <https://ark.intel.com/products/95592/Intel-Pentium-Processor-N4200-2M-Cache-up-to-2_5-GHz>`_ SoCs. Both have been confirmed to work with ACRN.

You can purchase this board directly online from `UP Shop <https://up-shop.org/>`_ or contact one of the `local reseller <http://www.up-board.org/up/local-resellers-for-up/>`_.

Visit the :ref:`getting_started_up2` page for instructions on how to set up ACRN on the UP2 board.