[Arm-netbook] $5 Cortex-A8 SoC aims to take on ARM9 in the embedded market

Pavel Nikulin nikulinpi at gmail.com
Mon Oct 31 19:05:43 GMT 2011


There are still versions without 3d accelerator. This thing will be a
very good chip for medium range headless machine.

On Mon, 2011-10-31 at 19:53 +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote:
> Hello Bari,
> 
> Am 2011-10-31 13:13:11, hacktest Du folgendes herunter:
> > http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/TI-Sitara-AM335x/
> > 
> > Unless TI decides to close the data sheets these could be a winner. I'd 
> > actually prefer to build a ~$25 module with these since the Raspberry Pi 
> > uses a Broadcom ARM soc with the usual closed docs.
> > 
> > The only areas typically kept kept closed by TI are the 3D libs and 
> > register specs for the PowerVR. Let's see if TI screws this up or if all 
> > the docs stay open. If they stay open and I have time, I'll post all the 
> > design and assembly files for interested board stuffers everywhere to 
> > churn out boards.
> 
> Since Texas Instruments has one of the most powerfull 3D  engines,  they
> will never release the 3D libs open.  I have a NDA with TI and access to
> the sources of the 3D functions.
> 
> And yes, this µC is geat stuff.
> 
> Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening
>     Michelle Konzack
> 
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