[Arm-netbook] R-Pi Only Better and More Available?

Gordan Bobic gordan at bobich.net
Tue May 22 17:15:39 BST 2012


On 05/22/2012 05:11 PM, Scott Sullivan wrote:
> On 05/22/2012 11:02 AM, Gordan Bobic wrote:
>> http://www.reghardware.com/2012/05/22/chip_maker_via_outs_49_dollar_raspberry_pi_alike/
>
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> Says "Neo-ITX is form factor compatible with Mini-ITX and MicroATX"
> which means one could use this as a drop in for standard cases. I also
> see potential for Android based Point of Sale Systems.

Indeed, the *TX form factor is a huge benefit.

> The OLPC XO proved you really could ride Mores Law in the other
> direction. Raspberry Pi gave it mass appeal. Now the market is in it's
> usual copy-cat mode.

Thankfully, the copy-cats are frequently better (and more easily 
available, which is probably more important) than the original. :)

> Did anyone else notice the eeprom chip with a silkscreen label of BIOS?
> I wonder what they could be doing with that considering it's an ARM
> chip. Would make it easier to examine and replace though.

I'm guessing it's probably down to the chips that are normally used for 
BIOSes being used for, e.g., uboot.

Gordan



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