Ok so basically this will allow type II cards( smaller) to fit into type III housings and utilize higher clocks ? Also from my understanding the type III card will be the physical form factor used for the EOMA 200 standard ?
On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 7:31 PM, Benson Mitchell < [email protected]> wrote: > On Mar 15, 2017 11:42 AM, "Bill Kontos" <[email protected]> wrote: > > How is that going to work and how will end users be able to know that they > can't plug a 5+ watt card on a incompatible housing ? > > In the current standard, any card needing more than 5W must be a Type III > (that's ~double thickness), and all Type III housings are both electrically > and thermally capable of 10W. High-power card doesn't physically fit in > low-power slots. > > Or do they negotiate over some bit so the card knows if it can boost > beyond 5 watts or not ? > > That's the idea with the upcoming revision -- by default, the limits still > apply (Type III cards 10W, Type I/II 5W), so you still can't make a Type II > card that needs 10W to run. But you can make a Type II card that meets the > 5W limit by severe down-clocking; then a housing can offer CPU cards a > higher limit, allowing them to up-clock or use more cores. > > > _______________________________________________ > arm-netbook mailing list [email protected] > http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook > Send large attachments to [email protected] >
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