[Arm-netbook] EOMA-CF

[Gordan Bobic]

Bari Ari wrote:
> On 01/23/2012 03:10 AM, lkcl luke wrote:
>>   i'm thinking in terms of creating supercomputers out of
>> CF-form-factor cards.  the more (and the faster) the available storage
>> space the better.  plus, SD/MMC cards are notoriously cheap / slow.
>> hm, not sure about eMMC write speeds.
>>
>>
> Most clusters of this type have been prove to work better with more RAM 
> vs any hard drives. In fact hard drives are generally avoided. EOMA-CF 
> Arm SOC + flash for firmware, with as much RAM as possible with 
> Ethernet. The 1GB max barrier is a disappointment. The backplanes 
> provide the network switching. Two NIC's would be better than one.

Agreed. What was the conclusion in the end on the subject of using the 
NAND controller for extra RAM? There was a suggestion that the A10 NAND 
controller could actually address RAM. An extra 4GB of block-device 
addressable RAM for fast swap would help compensate for only 1GB of 
actual RAM. Assuming, of course, the NAND controller is in fact capable 
of this.

Gordan