<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2014-05-23 22:57 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lkcl@lkcl.net" target="_blank">lkcl@lkcl.net</a>></span>:<br>
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btw, joe... you'll like this i am sure, but it is a bit of a risk.<br>
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the inclusion of SATA on EOMA68, it is cutting us off from a ton of<br>
CPUs that are coming out for the tablet,tablet,tablet,tablet market -<br>
the $12 rk3188 for example, which would otherwise be perfect.<br>
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so i am inclined, especially because i anticipate USB3 SoCs coming<br>
along over the next 8-9 years, to replace SATA with USB2 and 2 other<br>
lines. i think, joe, that one of them should be the "TTL high Power<br>
Line" for the voltage levels on GPIO (and UART).<br>
<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Since we going for interoperability USB makes more sense indeed. USB1,2,3 is somewhat backward compatible, interoperable and is seems the better choice.<br><br></div><div>
Can we get away with a USB2 only on a USB3 connector? Otherwise the SoC is forced to have USB3<br></div><div><br></div><div>No native SATA would reduce the use-case for a NAS. <br><br></div><div>If only thunderbolt would be widespread interface on SoC's.<br>
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so, it is a bit of a risk/delay but i think it will be worth it.<br>
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l.<br>
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