Hi Nikolaus, thanks for all your work on the GTA04 project! On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 2:08 PM, H. Nikolaus Schaller <[email protected]> wrote:
> So we have to trade off between risk and having a working system installed > when you want to test your motherboard exchange results. > > I guess everyone has his/her own preferences so that I would like to learn > a little > about your opinions before we decide. > I definitely understand the increased risks to using the chip with 1GB RAM. However, in my opinion (as a recent GTA04A5 buyer) the improved performance from doubling the RAM is very significant, relative to the decreased NAND size (since most users will have a uSD anyway -- the NAND distro can be very stripped down, as a fallback). I think that potential gain warrants some effort estimating how difficult it will be to overcome the issues you noted (i.e. bootstrapping testing, U-Boot, etc), even if it means a delay in shipping the product. This is especially the case since you found the unused GTA04A4 boards which are now on sale. One of the reasons why I opted for an A5 over the A4s that are now available was the hope to get the 1GB RAM. Of course, if switching chips does indeed prove to be too difficult, it should surely not halt the project! Thanks, - Chris
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