Who cares ? I never heard the OP make any such constraints. Also as for
DSPs, PRU, and the like. You can do similar to adding external processors /
boards. This wont work 100% of the time, but it will work for 99.9% of the
situations out there.

Very rarely does a dedicated embedded processor have to communicate
directly with a host processor because of performance constraints. But I
can think of at least one situation. Out of thousands . . .

On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 6:19 PM, John Syne <[email protected]> wrote:

> These processors only have ARM cores and GPU. No DSP, no CortexM4, no PRU.
> Not even close.
>
> Regards,
> John
>
>
>
>
> On Feb 21, 2016, at 3:04 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> By the way. nVidia  has the Jetson K1 and T1 boards . . . they are nVidias
> own brand of ARM of course, and as such have much better / faster graphics.
> These run around $220 last I looked.
>
> On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 4:01 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> *You are talking about a computer which doesn't interface directly to
>>> buses like I2C, SPI, GPIO, I2S, etc*
>>>
>>
>> Have you ever used a true bare metal board ? Something that only has an
>> MCU for the boards main processor ? Such as PIC32, Cortex M0/0+, M3, M4, or
>> an MSP430 ?
>>
>> It would not be hard to combine one, or multiples of these types of
>> embedded devboards to even a regular PC. USB also does not have the  be the
>> medium of communication either. Communication could be done over ethernet,
>> wifi, bluetooth, *or* USB and remain practical.
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 3:47 PM, John Syne <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I’m not saying the NUC isn’t a great deal, but it is targeting a
>>> different market to the x15. You are talking about a computer which doesn't
>>> interface directly to buses like I2C, SPI, GPIO, I2S, etc. Connecting these
>>> buses via USB is a real headache. You cannot use a Linux driver for devices
>>> connected to these buses. You have to write your own user space drivers.
>>> The only solution I know of that compares to the x15 is the Qualcomm
>>> Snapdragon Evaluation board, which has CortexA15, GPU, DSP and direct
>>> access to peripherals. Problem is, this board is over $1,000.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> John
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 21, 2016, at 2:31 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> That depends what one wants to do John. Such a board with additional
>>> hardware could be made to do the same job as any embedded system.
>>>
>>> So, what if you need just a few embedded peripherals, but need an
>>> incredibly solid M.E.A.N. stack ? Mongo is currently not fully functional
>>> on armhf ABI's. So in this context it makes perfect sense. I can probably
>>> also dream up other situations as well if i cared to.
>>>
>>> Cost wise, it may not make sense, and efficiency wise it also may not
>>> make sense. But these are factors that not everyone cares about.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 2:10 PM, John Syne <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I’m not sure how you make this comparison. You are comparing a
>>>> processor to a SOC (System on Chip). The AM5728 has direct access to GPIO,
>>>> SPI, I2C, PCIe, USB3, UART, etc. The Pentium does not have direct access to
>>>> these, but access PCI, USB3, UART via North/South bridge. No direct access
>>>> to any of the other peripherals supported by the AM5728. In addition, the
>>>> AM5728 supports Dual CortexM4, Dual DSP and Quad PRU. Comparing these
>>>> boards makes no sense. They are used for completely different markets.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Feb 21, 2016, at 10:24 AM, Graham <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Intel NUC.
>>>> Your choice of Celeron, Pentium, i3, i5 or i7. (uses laptop processors)
>>>> 4 inches by 4 inches circuit board.
>>>> You can get a quad core 2.4 GHz Pentium (including a case) for less
>>>> than the X-15.
>>>> Go to Amazon.com <http://amazon.com/>, search for "Intel NUC NUC5PPYH"
>>>> (The X-15 now seems to be up to $259 USD at Mouser, with deliveries
>>>> starting this month.)
>>>> The NUC still needs plug-in DRAM, a laptop disk drive, and an OS.
>>>> Works fine with Linux.
>>>> If you want to run a bunch of GPIO, you will have to go out through
>>>> FTDI USB to I2C or SPI, then use expander IC's.
>>>>
>>>> --- Graham
>>>>
>>>> ==
>>>>
>>>> On Sunday, February 21, 2016 at 10:47:31 AM UTC-6, sarev_...@
>>>> yahoo.co.uk wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Are there any other boards out there with a comparable spec to the
>>>>> X15? I'd like to see what else is available, especially with this kind of
>>>>> chipset and performance.
>>>>>
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