[Arm-netbook] Questions about display resolution

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On Fri, Oct 12, 2012, at 11:42 AM, Derek LaHousse wrote:
> TI does have a chip that can take a single RGB-TTL interface and output
> to two LVDS channels.  I thought this was only good for pixel doubling.  Is it
> reasonable to expect a single RGB-TTL to run at > 100 MHz in other chips?
> 
> References:
> [1] http://www.ti.com/lit/an/slla325/slla325.pdf

"The company will still support its OMAP customers, but don't expect to
see many more OMAP-powered mobile device wins anytime soon." 
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2012/09/26/texas-instruments-ditches-mobile/

"Even though the market of smartphones and media tablets is growing
rapidly, leading players - Apple and Samsung Electronics - develop chips
for their gadgets in-house, whereas others need either low-prices or
very high-performance, which calls Texas Instruments to design a very
broad lineup of system-on-chips, which automatically reduces profit
margins. . . .However, the SoCs will be designed with embedded
applications in mind."
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/mobile/display/20120926214726_Texas_Instruments_Refocuses_R_D_Investments_to_Embedded_Applications.html

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