On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 3:59 PM, Beco <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3 October 2013 21:28, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 12:56 AM, Beco <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 512mb of RAM. it's not clear whether that's a 16-bit data path or a >> 32-bit data path, but a 1ghz AM335x is only a single-core ARM Cortex >> A8. it also only uses MicroSD for boot (which means it's 4-bit not >> 8-bit). >> >> basically it'll be intolerable as a desktop system. ok, if you can >> tolerate a desktop from 4 years ago (LXDE etc.) you'll do fine. >> >> as an embedded system it's absolutely fantastic. a full 1ghz CPU >> running debian, with networking and so on? it's perfect. you'd be >> able to run a web server, printer server, connect it to a 3D printer's >> servos, use the 1ghz CPU for uploading 3D CAD/CAM files, have them >> processed (overnight probably...) by the 1ghz CPU, then control the >> ATMega (again from the 1ghz CPU) to do the actual 3D printing. and >> you could have an HDMI monitor showing the image of the product in 3D >> as it was being printed. >> >> that kind of scenario and many more like it, it'd be perfect. but >> for actual desktop usage? flat-out forget it. >> >> l. > > > Hi Luke, > > Thanks for your to thoughts! Now you make me wonder about the size of > an "int", and maybe the size of a "char".
standard sizes for a 32-bit ARM Cortex A8. 8-bit for char, 32-bit for int. l. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/capweedycnffsbsg43mxsg1wptcb6usgzkgyf20izjx-ywna...@mail.gmail.com
