"Fitzpatrick, Joe" wrote:
> I would DEFINITELY agree with that! It is hard enough supporting
> drivers for multiple platforms. Who wants to juggle production runs and
> inventory for multiple buss types?
This is why everyone on the desktop business ended up moving toward PCI -- even
Apple!! I can see something of a neutral standards
body eventually forming but right now the market is way too young and too technically
political. Dave mentioned CF and you saw no
problems, I see some big ones with CF.
* The bus is nothing but a miniaturization of the old IDE bus with a few extra
insertion detection pins. That is Intel logic based
while the whole Palm universe is Motorola based. Anything beyond memory will create a
big bus translation performance hit.
* CF standards mechanically dictates the height of the device instead of the
manufacturer. This really constrains the use of more
economic and cheaper parts. The one thing I love about Springboard is only one side
is mechanically speced. I can do much more in
a mold design.
* CF required an EM shielded case instead of the handheld device doing the shielding.
This increases the cost of the modules.
Most of all, I can't do an injection mold which is much cheaper per part than stamping
sheet metal.
* CF is too small -- yes I'm saying it. For a lot of my clients they actually moved
away from it due to loss of modules in the
field.
We are living in interesting times.
Steve
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