From: Cyril B. <cyr...@gm...> - 2005-09-29 14:37:00
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Did you look at the AMD processors: Geode and Alchemy? http://www.amd.com/us-en/ConnectivitySolutions/ProductInformation/0,,50_233= 0_6625,00.html I don't know if it's a good idea or not, it's just a proposal... Cyril On 9/27/05, Craig Hughes <cr...@gu...> wrote: > We're in the process of thinking about the next gen gumstix (the > motherboard, as it were). It'll be PXA27x based (looks like we're > getting approval for the CPUs with stacked RAM and flash on them > which I had previously understood they didn't want to sell to non- > callphone people -- I guess our volumes are starting to get Intel > interested maybe). Anyway, the new CPU with stacked RAM and flash > will be a *lot* smaller than the current gumstix board footprint. So > we have a choice: > > 1. Same size of 80x20mm, with more functionality on board (like wifi) > 2. About half the size, say 40x20mm, with similar functionality to > current gumstix (albeit it fancier, with host/OTG usb, video in, and > all the other goodies the PXA27x has on it) > > Right now, we're also looking at backward-compatibility on the 60-pin > connector (except with the semantics of the USB changing to OTG > instead of client only), and then most likely a new connector to > replace the existing 92-pin connector. And alternative is to keep > the 92-pin and add a 3 connector, but I personally think that concept > sucks worse than just updating the 92-pin connector. > > Thoughts welcome. > > C > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. > Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your ver= y > own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > |