[Arm-netbook] Another chip to consider for a future EOMA product

[luke.leighton]

On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 9:53 AM, joem <joem at martindale-electric.co.uk> wrote:
> On Fri, 2013-10-04 at 01:11 +0100, luke.leighton wrote:
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>> what's missing:
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>>  * ADC.  of any kind.  no mic input, line input, no 12-bit low-res
>> ADC.... nothing.
>>  * DAC. of any kind.  nothing.  no headphones... nothing.
>>  * I2S (AC97)
>>  * CAN bus
>>  * PWM.
>>  * GPU
>>  * SATA
>>  * SP-DIF
>>  * Standard "Memory" Bus with Chip-Select lines (suitable for TSSOP-48
>> NAND ICs and DM9000 Ethernet PHYs etc.)
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> JM steps away from keyboard.... and runs away screeemminngg.....!!!
> ...aaaarrrggggHHHHhhhhhhh!!!!.....
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> (but then again, are we supposed to synthesise those by
> purchasing/adding our own IP / or perhaps even add an Allwinner A20
> to get those functions on the cheap? :D )

 yeah... exactly :)  uhm.... wait... how would you join an A20 to a
Quark X1000?  USB perhaps?  oh hang on, we need those USB ports for
other purposes: let's put down a USB Hub IC as well, yaaaay!

 l.