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

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