[Arm-netbook] FSF crowd-source tablet/laptop idea

[Alexander Stephen Thomas Ross]

On 18/10/12 21:14, luke.leighton wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Alexander Stephen Thomas Ross
> <arm-netbook at aross.me> wrote:
>> On 18/10/12 15:21, luke.leighton wrote:
>>>   an AM3892 with say 1gb of 1600mhz DDR3 RAM would be the
>>> kind of insane beefy little system i'd like to propose.
>>>
>>>    holy cow, i didn't realise the AM3892 actually has 64-bit DDR3 RAM
>>> interface (2 32-bit).  that would explain why it's 1,000 pins, apart
>>> from anything.  oo, it can do 2gb as well.  wow.   hmmm.... can we
>>> actually _get_ 8 RAM ICs as well as the CPU and a couple of NANDs into
>>> 75x45mm? :)
>>>
>> yum yum 4gb would by nice but 8 hmm...
>
>   no the ICs come in 2giga-bit lots (at reasonable sane prices,
> anyway).  8 of those makes 2 giga-bytes.
Oh right. Well I'm happy with 2GB. None of my PCs have more than 2GB.