Mark Lanctot Wrote: > I followed the instructions and waited for the SB website to be updated > at 3 PM PDT.
Appreciated. > > - knob on the front (yes, the magical and lamented Audiotron/popcorn > knob!) > It ain't no Audiotron knob! The knob has tactile feedback which changes dynamically as you move through the UI. We will add some more info to the web site soon... > the Transporter doesn't have the same CPU as the SB3. The specs for the > Transporter list a 325 MIPS, 8-way multithreaded processor. The Ubicom > 3023 in the SB3 is listed as 250 MIPS at 250 MHz. The top-of-the-line > Ubicom StreamEngine 5170 tops out at 270 MIPS and is 10-way > multithreaded. So either Slim is no longer using a Ubicom processor or > they've overclocked a 3023. It's the same architecture (ip3023) but running at 325MHz - I believe we're the only ones using it as yet. > > :-) Either way, the hardware is more capable and would be able to do > things the SB3 might not be able to do at some point in time, so there > could be different functional feature sets, much like the SB1 versus > the SB2/3. > Fundamental software feature differences depending on CPU speed are not planned. The additional cycles are only for driving the new hardware (2nd display, larger visualizer, 96khz etc). > > The unit must have fairly extensive firmware, getting away from the > "slim device" approach somewhat. The digital input functionality and > dual screens must be controlled by firmware, no? It would definitely > have different firmware than the SB3 due to its feature set. Yes, they are different firmware images, but built from the same code tree. The only new "non-slim" feature will be the ability for it to act as a standalone DAC in the absence of any network connection. > > I get the impression SS 6.5 is being groomed specifically for it. > Development on 6.3.x has slowed and most of the work is aimed at 6.5. Yes, but there is much more non-transporter stuff coming in 6.5 too, and there may even be a surprise or two. ;) -- seanadams ------------------------------------------------------------------------ seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25771 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
