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

[Stéphane Goujet]

Le Fri, 4 Oct 2013 12:25:58 +0100,
"luke.leighton" <luke.leighton at gmail.com> a écrit :

> On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 10:26 AM, Stéphane Goujet
> <stephane.goujet at wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> >>  * DDR RAM: 2x 8-bit (only 16-bit Data) and 16 address lines.
> >   I have to say I really do not understand why it supports x8 chips
> > only and not x16. I must miss a point.
>  because it's ultra-low-power.  at 400mhz (800mhz DDR3) you'd be
> looking at only... what... 175mA?  i think *finger-in-air* 32-bit DDR3
> ICs @ 400mhz use around 350mA.

  What I meant was 1x16, not 2x16, sorry for the misunderstanding. They
insist on saying it supports 2x 8-bit wide chips and nothing else, but I
cannot see why we could not use a single 16-bit wide chip (much easier
to route).


Goodbye,
  Stéphane Goujet.