On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Phil Endecott <[email protected]> wrote:
> I don't know what they've done on the Trimslice. My understanding of the > Tegra > is that it doesn't have SATA but it does have PCIe, so in principle that could > be used with a controller chip to provide fast SATA. single-lane PCI-e is still only gigabit, phil, and SATA-II is 3.0 gb/s. so it still really doesn't cut the mustard. you'd need a 4x PCI-e to meet the SATA-II specification, and that would mean you'd have a) lots of pins b) lots of heat. c) an expensive system. you really really want a SoC that already has the required interfaces built-in. if they're built-in, you aren't driving some wires at mad speeds and wasting heat to do it. l. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAPweEDyU7kDZmJOazkXpyF4zNgvpArtnE7LzdRq8=rs308m...@mail.gmail.com
