[Arm-netbook] STM32MP1

[David Niklas]

On Sat, 21 Sep 2019 14:18:45 +0100
Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl at lkcl.net> wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 21, 2019 at 2:07 PM Paul Boddie <paul at boddie.org.uk> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
>
>
> > https://www.st.com/en/microcontrollers-microprocessors/stm32mp1-series.html
>
> ooo niiice, ARM Cortex A7, Dual Core, with a Cortex M4 on board as well.
>
> > As noted by Olimex, there's a variant (STM32MP157) with a "3D GPU".
> > According to the datasheet, this is a Vivante solution.
>
> so fully libre-licensed software, w00t!
>
> https://www.digikey.com/products/en/integrated-circuits-ics/embedded-microprocessors/694?FV=ffe002b6&quantity=0&ColumnSort=1000011&page=1&k=STM32MP157&pageSize=25
>
> mmmm USD $9 in MOQ 1800 whoops, that's a biit steep for what it is.
> if they'd gone for even 1ghz or 1.5ghz it would be fine at that kind
> of price.
>
> it's still pretty damn good.
>
> l.


Why is all the opensource stuff always overpriced? Really, this is not
the first project.

Thanks,
David