On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 2:17 PM, Gordan Bobic <[email protected]> wrote:
>> question (for everyone): if there existed a board which used a >> single-core 800mhz Cortex A9, maximum hard limit of 512mb RAM, but >> also had SATA-II and 10/100 Ethernet, would it be of interest, and >> how >> much would you pay for it? similar spec / design / size / interfaces >> as the pandaboard, origen etc. just with a single-core Cortex A9 >> rather than dual-core. > All that effort just to get native SATA? I really don't think it's > worth it. it's fitting in with some existing plans that are already underway. so there's a window of opportunity for free software developers to take advantage of, that will likely be closed within a few weeks as they finalise and proceed with their plans. > If you really need SATA, then there is this: > http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/t-guruplugdetails.aspx 512mb RAM (DDR2 800mhz mind you), 1.2ghz Marvell Kirkwood (not Cortex A9, which was david's question - kirkwoods are pretty damn good though, having an ARM "compatible" instruction set and had superscalar out-of-order execution well before Cortex A9s ever had it). eSATA-II, 3gb/sec and _two_ gigabit ethernets, no less. whoopee-doo. ahh, are these the little boxes that massively overheat if you start using them for anything beyond a toy, by chance? :) so, there you go, david - get one of those and a fire extinguisher :) l. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAPweEDznL7Qp-hqP8emq69bZ5PC62gHfEgx7j=cq7prxad_...@mail.gmail.com
