Hi Everybody, Bjarke Istrup Pedersen wrote: > Hey, > > Does this mean, that there is a good chance for a soekris board with an > intel atom cpu?
Nothing is firm yet, but the Atom is at the top of my short list.... Best Regards, Soren Kristensen CEO & Chief Engineer Soekris Engineering, Inc. > Best regards, > Bjarke > > 2009/1/28 Soren Kristensen <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > Hi Everybody, > > Sargun Dhillon wrote: > > So, I read this article: > > http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/27/143203 on > slashdot. > > This is slightly disconcerting. They aren't going to release any new > > Geode processors. Does Soekris have a roadmap for new devices > over the > > next 3 years? Keep in mind, they aren't going to kill the current > line > > for a while, so we have at least 2-3 years. I just want to make > sure my > > favorite embedded products vendor has a plan. > > No, there will be no new Geodes, the architecture is running out of > life.... But the Geode LX used on the net5501 are going to be available > until at least 2016, according to AMD docs. > > And I am working on new boards, had actually started on a VIA > C7M/Nano/VX800 board design, but then the communication with VIA died > up, zip, nada, like emailing into a black hole.... Can't design a > product on that, what if I run into a chip bug ? They don't seems > interested in the smaller guys. > > I'm now looking a other options from AMD and Intel, have great > communication and NDA access with both, and those new netbook/nettop > parts are just perfect for the net6501.... > > I regularly take a round looking at ARM, MIPS, SH, PowerPC and whatever > come around, but they just don't have the broad support and top to > bottom range of parts like the x86.... > > > > Best Regards, > > > Soren Kristensen > > CEO & Chief Engineer > Soekris Engineering, Inc. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > > _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
