The ARM cores have a slightly better instruction density so one could do
more with less RAM/FLASH. But depending on the variant, I suspect
ARM926E for this considering the capability and that it's Samsung it
should have about a 1.2 Cycles per instruction ratio. If they used an
ARM926EJ that is even more interesting because it has the HW accel for
Java byte code too. But it's easy to code for and the toolchains are
now -retty easy to come by. Though gcc is still about 15-20% less
efficient than the ARM compiler from ARM.
-Mike
On Fri, 2005-04-01 at 17:18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Things that will be coming in the wake of the psp, once these get hacked seem
> like they will have more uses.
> One candidate is the gizmondo:
>
> http://www.gizmondo.com/unit/
>
> Features
> Gaming
> Camera
> Music Player
> Movie Player
> Messaging
> GPS
> GPRS
> Bluetooth
> Power
>
> * CPU: 400Mhz Samsung ARM9 processor (Samsung S3C2440)
> * GPU: Nvidia GoForce 3D 4500 (128-bit bus Graphics Accelerator)
> * 2.8" TFT color screen (resolution TBD)
> * GSM tri-band for world-wide celluar phone network
> * GPRS (General Packet Radio System, for mobile data networks)
> * Eight-way D-Pad
> * Left and right triggers
> * Four face buttons
> * Bluetooth class 2 wireless network for multiplayer gaming
> * MMC/SD Flash Memory Card input
> * built-in digital camera
> * built-in GPS (Global Positioning System)
> * SpeakerM
> * Temperature range 0C to 55C
> * Predictive text input
> * WAP 2.0
> * SMS (Short Message Service for send/receive text messages)
> * MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service, for send/receive of text messages,
> images, audio, and/or video clips.)
> * MP3 Music playback
> * MIDI/WAV formats
> * MPEG 4 video playback
> * Mini-USB client (for connecting device to a PC or adding accessories)
> * Removable SIM card
> * Removable battery
> * Polyphonic ring tones
> * Stereo headset socket for MP3 and games
> * Flight mode
>
> Operating System Specification
>
> * Windows CE .Net 5.0
> * Windows Media Player 9
> * Gizmondo Launch/Menu Application
> * GPS tracking application
> * GPS mapping and navigation application
> * Digital camera photo application
> * Messaging application
> * 3D Games engines
> * X-Forge 3D engine (provided by Fathammer)
> * OpenGL-ESM (3D Graphics API)
> * D3D-Mobile (DirectX Mobile)
> * M3G (Mobile 3D API)
>
> Rumored and Unconfirmed Specs
>
> * Web Browsing Application
> * Email Application
>
> This has more everyday uses out of the box, and not knowing ARM processors
> well I am geussing that this one is comparable to the psp one as far as being
> capable of more work/mhz. And it has 100 more mhz.
> I can't tell who has the bigger screen size. I'm headed back to try to
> understand how the data is stored. I don't know if this: " Mini-USB client
> (for connecting device to a PC or adding accessories)" means you could attach
> external drive devices but if it does that means more possibilites with out
> monkeying with the intended os (at least to my limited understanding).
>
> John
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