[Arm-netbook] power consumption?

[lkcl luke]

On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Bari Ari <bari at onelabs.com> wrote:

> One thing we haven't discussed is having the backplane be able to detect
> the type of module that is plugged in. There could be more power pins or
> different arrangements of I/O pins based on what the module ID is. The
> ID's could be simple pin straps that are read when the module is first
> plugged in.

 there's an I2C EEPROM - more on this later.

> It's possible to support an x86 in this form factor as well.

 yes!  trouble is the only ones that will fit in the power budget are
the EDEN VIA 500mhz (single-core) and the AMD Geode LX series (was
used in the OLPC).

 menlow _might_ be ok (28nm, 1ghz)

 l.