[Arm-netbook] Slowly but surely...

Gordan Bobic gordan at bobich.net
Mon Jul 9 19:42:50 BST 2012


It sounds like you need to start with reading up on the difference 
between an ARM CPU and the ARM architecture naming conventions.

ARMv7 is name of a generation of ARM architecture.

Cortex-A9 is a CPU class.

Gordan

On 07/09/2012 05:10 PM, freebirds at fastmail.fm wrote:
> Upon further research, the Viridis' ARMv7 has ARM Cortex A9. See
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/01/calxeda_energycore_arm_server_chip/
>
> How disappointing that it has TrustZone. Yuk.
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 9, 2012, at 01:23 PM, Gordan Bobic wrote:
>> The usefulness of the concept of an A10 EOMA for server application is
>> slipping away. The expected pricing of these will be about $1000/server
>> or about $250 per core.
>>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07/09/boston_viridis_arm_server/
>>
>> Not quite as cheap per core as a CuBox, but the difference is easily
>> worth the convenience.
>>
>> Gordan
>>
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