[Arm-netbook] R-Pi Only Better and More Available?

[Scott Sullivan]

On 05/22/2012 12:22 PM, Bari Ari wrote:
> On 05/22/2012 11:11 AM, Scott Sullivan wrote:
>> On 05/22/2012 11:02 AM, Gordan Bobic wrote:
>>> http://www.reghardware.com/2012/05/22/chip_maker_via_outs_49_dollar_raspberry_pi_alike/
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>> Did anyone else notice the eeprom chip with a silkscreen label of BIOS?
>> I wonder what they could be doing with that considering it's an ARM
>> chip. Would make it easier to examine and replace though.
>>
> It a Flash in 8 pin soic socket. Probably just a proto and not a
> production board.

http://www.viagallery.com/Downloadimage.aspx?name=APC%20-%20Top.jpg&cat=5

The Samsung Chip to the right is a 16Gb MLC flash chip, so I'm inclined 
to be hopeful that really is a BIOS in the soic socket and will be 
staying around. It also fits with how VIA knows how to build boards.

It will be interesting to see a more PC take on ARM systems.

I really think there is a missed opportunity here without miniPCIe or 
SATA. But if this does well we might see more feature rich boards in the 
future.

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Scott Sullivan