[Arm-netbook] More Libre Hardware Getting Funded

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 1:15 PM, Stefan Monnier <monnier at iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>> This is cool but a shame that they didnt contact Luke for using something
>> like the a20 or wait for the rk3388 so we could have more money leverage on
>
> The A20 comes with only 1 SATA port (and no other fast port, like PCIe
> or USB3) and it somehow saturates at 50MB/s when writing, so it's a poor
> choice for a NAS in general (it's usable, but not great).  The RK3388
> doesn't even have SATA so it's an even worse choice for a NAS.

 yehyeh - they're not designed for server-level applications, which is
great... because EOMA68 is not designed for server-level applications
either :)

 honestly the router market being so saturated and also
low-cost-focussed (and specialist) i can't really imagine there being
even a *need* for a standards-driven design.

 i am however going to be doing an EOMA68 router again: it will be
using the QCA9531.  i'll start a new thread about this.

l.