[Arm-netbook] Regarding Improv, EOMA68, Free Software and Open Hardware.

[Miguel Garcia]

2014-06-26 22:47 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl at lkcl.net>:
> i am also considering - reluctantly - reserving the 5.0mm
> card height for 1280x800 capable SoCs and the 3.3mm card height for
> 1920x1080 SoCs (over the 24-pin RGB/TTL that is)

I do not understand this well. Why you would do this separation?

>  no.  the interfaces were picked because they have all been around for
> over a decade, and they are anticipated to be around and in
> mass-production use for at least another decade.
>
>  do you see USB being retired in the next 10 years? (serious question)
>
>  with over 2,000 active LCD panels on panellook.com do you see RGB/TTL
> being retired in the next 10 years?
>
>  likewise I2C, likewise GPIO, likewise SD/MMC, likewise SPI, likewise
> UART, likewise ethernet.

I agree with you. Perhaps my only doubt is that I think that in 5
years all new screens will MIPI.

Thanks.