[Arm-netbook] OLIMEX A10 board

[Alejandro Mery]

On 26/05/12 12:04, Tsvetan Usunov - OLIMEX Ltd wrote:
>
>       yes, but we're telling you that 4x isn't enough.  4x is "enough" for
>     embedded purposes.  actually, 4x is overkill for embedded purposes.
>
>
> no, it's not overkill, 512MB is just more than enough :)
>
>
>      > I'm sure if we build board with 1GB there will be someone to rant
>     for  2,4
>      > or 8GB of RAM for apps they have in mind :)))
>
>       luckily there is a hard limit on the A10, of 1gb of RAM, but no,
>     they won't.
>
>
> yes, I know for the 1GB limit, just wanted to point out that you never
> can make everyone happy ;)
>

with 1GB you'll make people wanting the A10 olinuxino for the use cases 
you trimmed out ;-)

> - a hacker *desktop*, running real applications.
> - a development platform
> - a fancy media center
> - a light server


sure there are uses for A10s with 512MB, but the uses gap between the 
A13+hdmi and this mini A10 is pretty narrow. While the 1GB version has 
lots of potential.

It depends a lot on how many models you can build, but with the 
NAND/wifi options the list grows x4. If you can't start with the 12 
models of A1X olinuxinos (A13/512, A10/512, A10/1GB) *please* skip the 
A10/512 models for now.

the "what is an embedded device?" question is also very hard to answer