[Arm-netbook] Allwinner A10/A13 and DDR3 data bus

[lkcl luke]

On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 7:36 PM, lkcl luke <luke.leighton at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 6:57 PM, vasant <vasant at microxwin.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> This is a question for the hardware experts.
>>
>> Looks like the A10 has a 32bit DDR3 (800Mhz) bus vs A13 which has a
>> 16bit DDR3 (1066Mhz) bus. This may be necessary to move to a TQFP package.

 to a 208-pin QFP yes.  to a 304-pin one, no.  however the size
difference is considerable: 22mm (or thereabouts) vs 31mm (or
thereabouts) assuming 0.4mm pin pitch is um quite a jump.

 but... with 304 pins they _could_ have got a hell of a lot more in.
SATA.  HDMI.  32-bit DDR3.  whoops.

 l.