[Arm-netbook] NuSmartTM 2816

[lkcl luke]

On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 4:50 PM, Gordan Bobic <gordan at bobich.net> wrote:
> Bari Ari wrote:
>> Any idea of availability and GPL compliance for these, now that they are
>> showing them off at CES?
>>
>>
>> http://www.nufront.com/en/cpzx/eed31e97-d916-4441-8aa1-6f6413a692f9155.html
>>
>> NuSmartTM 2816 is the world’s first chip to integrate a 2GHz dual-core
>> ARM Cortex-A9 processor, multi-core 2D/3D graphics processor, 64bit
>> DDR2/3-1066 memory controller, 1080p multi-format video engine, SATA2
>> controller, USB2, Ethernet, together with general I/O controllers. By
>> leveraging the multi-layer hybrid interconnection technology,
>> multi-level fine grain power management technology and advanced 40nm
>> manufacture process, NuSmartTM 2816 is very energy efficient consuming
>> less than two watts when running at 1.6GHz.
>
>  From what I have seen from these guys so far, they are good at making
> noise but not very good with coming up with an actual product. They've
> been showing off laptop prototypes based on these chips for ages, yet
> you can't actually buy one. By the time they pull their finger out it'll
> likely be too little too late.

 pretty much. yeah.  we've offered assistance with software
development, which is their major holdup, and have been declined.
they just don't have the expertise, and haven't been able to get it,
either.

as it's a chinese company, the structure is that God Says You WILL
DELIVER, and there is absolutely no arguing.  you CANNOT tell God "i
failed" or "i need outside help" or "i cannot do what i said i was
going to do".  you just... can't.

so, they just have to keep their heads down whilst everyone else
catches up and produces chips that are becoming better or as good as,
and definitely price-competitive, with what they had TWO years ago.

> I'm also not aware of a single consumer grade product using their chips.

 hey gordan, you notice they can take standard DIMMs? :)  that's
because they have a version of the CPU which has a 64-bit-wide data
bus, which is an acceptable width for standard DIMMs.

 l.