begin quoting Andrew Lentvorski as of Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 05:34:50PM -0700: [snip] > It is, by and large. Cell phones are *not* price sensitive. The cell > phones are subsidized by the contract. Therefore, it's all about > features. Since an ARM9 is an ARM9, this should be a dead drop-in ie. > no software switching costs. > > The problem is most likely talking to other chips. Other chips (like > memory) are synchronous.
Isn't this where the magnetic memory will prove useful? No refresh cycles to worry about, and less power draw than static RAM, or so I gather from the three paragraphs I've read about it. Seems that it would be ideal for asynchronous processors. (At the moment the chips are low-capacity, but hey, it'll change.) -- _ |\_ \| -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
