<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 2:16 PM, Tsvetan Usunov, OLIMEX LTD <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:usunov@olimex.com" target="_blank">usunov@olimex.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div><font face="Arial">>4. A701 7" Capacitive ,
VIA8850
Cortext-A9-1.5GHz 4GNand /512DDR3 US$56
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</div><div><font face="Arial"><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Via8850-7-Google-Android-4-0-Capacitive-5-Point-Touch-Tablet-PC-HDMI-1-5GHz-/320939362918?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item4ab97a0a66#ht_20645wt_1207" target="_blank"><font face="Times New Roman">http://www.ebay.com/itm/Via8850-7-Google-Android-4-0-Capacitive-5-Point-Touch-Tablet-PC-HDMI-1-5GHz-/320939362918?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item4ab97a0a66#ht_20645wt_1207</font></a></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial"><font>they do compare directly to A10 :-) seems
this will be the A10 killer</font></font></div></div></blockquote><div><br><br>... *if* VIA actually open up and actually let people design products based around it. example: we've contacted VIA numerous times: absolutely zero response. if they expect to operate as total nazi control freaks, VIA themselves will be the bottleneck: their own fears, paranoia and NDAs will limit them.<br>
<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#ffffff"><div><font face="Arial"><font> and after few months there will be someone else who
will kill VIA8850 ... </font></font></div></div></blockquote><div><br> yes. the chain of disruptive CPUs so far has been: telechips TCC8901 for 6-8 months, then amlogic's AML-8723-M for 6-8 months, then allwinner's A10 for about a year (so far).<br>
<br> come on allwinner, get that new CPU out! :)<br><br> /peace<br><br> l.<br><br></div></div>