[Arm-netbook] Improv And Operation:Marketing for EMOA-*

[mike.valk at gmail.com]

2014-05-23 22:57 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl at lkcl.net>:
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>
>  btw, joe... you'll like this i am sure, but it is a bit of a risk.
>
>  the inclusion of SATA on EOMA68, it is cutting us off from a ton of
> CPUs that are coming out for the tablet,tablet,tablet,tablet market -
> the $12 rk3188 for example, which would otherwise be perfect.
>
>  so i am inclined, especially because i anticipate USB3 SoCs coming
> along over the next 8-9 years, to replace SATA with USB2 and 2 other
> lines.  i think, joe, that one of them should be the "TTL high Power
> Line" for the voltage levels on GPIO (and UART).
>
>
Since we going for interoperability USB makes more sense indeed. USB1,2,3
is somewhat backward compatible, interoperable and is seems the better
choice.

Can we get away with a USB2 only on a USB3 connector? Otherwise the SoC is
forced to have USB3

No native SATA would reduce the use-case for a NAS.

If only thunderbolt would be widespread interface on SoC's.

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>
>  so, it is a bit of a risk/delay but i think it will be worth it.
>
> l.
>
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