I do like my Novena open hardware laptop with iMX6 :) I presume DSPs and microcontrollers on die are a selling point for Sitara AM57xx. I'm curious if anyone knows if there are other suppliers that offer ARM Cortex A series processor with microcontroller core(s) on die?
Thanks Drew On Oct 15, 2015 1:35 AM, "Maxim Podbereznyy" <[email protected]> wrote: > AM5728 for $75 @1k??? Ridiculously high price. I think imx6q is a better > deal and the Plus version is on the way > > 2015-10-15 7:07 GMT+03:00 William Hermans <[email protected]>: > >> Also. . . >> >> *IVA support only for IPU2 is kind of a bummer . . .But I'm wondering if >>> the GPU could be used for GPGPU processing since it seems to sit on the L3 >>> interconnect as well.* >>> >> >> I was under the impression, and quite incorrectly that each IPU mentioned >> in the TRM was a single processor. When in fact each IPU is a subsystem >> with 2 M4 cores, not singles. Which is good news after all. >> >> And dahm, this newer processor sure is getting complex. Seeing mention in >> the TRM to read other documents in relation to the various different cores. >> Like you eluded to above Robert. heh. Read the C6000 TRM, M4 TRM, plus what >> else ? On top of the 7483 pages already in the AM572x TRM . . .heh lots of >> reading to do . . . >> >> On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 8:58 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Robert, >>> >>> I'm curious, have you played at all with remoteproc / RPMsg at all ? >>> Seems very interesting, but also complex in setup. Also, not so sure if >>> anything other than TI-RTOS is supported on the various beagle products. >>> But was more interested in something else, perhaps even bare metal. >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 8:19 PM, Robert Nelson <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 10:01 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >> 7.1.1 Introduction >>>> >> The device instantiates two dual Cortex™-M4 image processor unit >>>> (IPU) >>>> >> subsystems: >>>> >> • IPU1 subsystem is available for general purpose usage >>>> >> • IPU2 subsystem is dedicated to IVA support and is not available for >>>> >> other processing >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > IVA support only for IPU2 is kind of a bummer . . .But I'm wondering >>>> if the >>>> > GPU could be used for GPGPU processing since it seems to sit on the L3 >>>> > interconnect as well. >>>> >>>> Well there's opencl from ti for the dual c6000's.. ;) >>>> >>>> http://git.ti.com/gitweb/?p=opencl/ti-opencl.git;a=summary >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Robert Nelson >>>> https://rcn-ee.com/ >>>> >>>> -- >>>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maximpodbereznyy > Company - http://www.linkedin.com/company/mentorel > Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mentorel.company > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
