[Arm-netbook] libre 64-bit risc-v SoC

[mike.valk at gmail.com]

2017-04-28 13:23 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl at lkcl.net>:

> On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 11:29 AM, mike.valk at gmail.com
> <mike.valk at gmail.com> wrote:


> > The problem is MUXing all modes to a single output. New Apple laptops
> have
> > USB-C but not all ports support all functions.
> >
> > Perhaps a bit of FPGA could be the key?
>
>  yeah.
>
> > Ethernet over UCB-C is still being discussed. So the FPGA might be handy
> to
> > have when/if that mode is materialized.
> >
> > A bit of FPGA would be nice to have anyway. Media codecs keep on changing
> > and would extend the life of the SoC.
>
>  at the expense of power consumption.


If you're trying to trans-code something that you don't have a
co-processor/module for you're forced to CPU/GPU trans-coding. Would a FPGA
still be more power huns gry then?

I think/hope FPGA's are more efficient for specific tasks then CPU/GPU's

We can always have evolution create a efficient decoder ;-)
https://www.damninteresting.com/on-the-origin-of-circuits/
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.50.9691&rep=rep1&type=pdf







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