What makes the system stand out, from say a Atom based PC?
As you said, PCI Express, *actual* low power and probably higher speed
-all cpus mention are faster than the Atom at least in relative terms.
The SoC design means less components on the board, so smaller sizes
might be achieved.
Go for QorIQ P1022, it's the ideal SoC for many applications.
I know, I like the chip very much, the thing is that it won't be
available till Q4/2010, so it will take quite a bit more thinking.
Alternatively, it's predecessor MPC8536E available now, ~same specs,
but higher power. But not the two you mention please.
Why not? I mean seriously, why would you dislike them?
End price is estimated to be ~around~ 350EUR for the P1022 board or
~500EUR
Pico P1022 or Pico MPC8536E pls.
and throw PCI Express (x4) in the party!
definetely PCI Express for all CPUs anyway.
(hint: I haven't seen an Intel board with Atom and PCI Express yet).
Will the board be open hardware? I.e. an open sourced design?
I don't know yet, to be frank, I haven't thought about it, though I've
worked with open source software for years, I have no experience
whatsoever with open source hardware, I don't know the dangers,
pitfalls, advantages, etc.
Konstantinos
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