Hello, Let me introduce myself : Guillaume FORTAINE, Engineer in Computer Science. I have read with interest the topic started by Mister Leighton entitled " 1ghz ARM Laptop (12in 1280x800 LCD)" and I would greatly appreciate to share my conclusions with you. First of all, I would want to mention that except the comments of Mister Sealey, coming from a really smart engineer, everything else seems to belong to a "geeky" dream with a lot of misconceptions too numerous to mention. But to come back to the "1ghz ARM Laptop" topic : -12in 1280x800 a) You have already 10.1in screens with 1280x720 resolution support [0] b) You even have 10.1in screens with 1366x768 resolution support [1] -1Ghz ARM Laptop As previously mentioned by Forum Blogarm.net, there is Nufront [2] with their NuSmart 2816 SoC (2x2Ghz Cortex A9, Data Brief in English) [3]. And, if your are lazy, like me, you will directly buy a 14'' Nufront Newton [4] (Rock Yang, yuxin.yang@xxxxxxxxxxx, VP Marketing) [5]. Best Regards, [0] http://support.acer.com/acerpanam/netbook/2011/Acer/Aspire/AspireOneAO522/AspireOneAO522sp2.shtml [1] http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-duo/pd [2] http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/pipermail/arm-netbook/2011-January/000823.html [3] http://um00i1.chinaw3.com/Nufront_NuSmartTM_2816_EN.pdf [4] http://www.netbooknews.com/17640/14-nufront-newton-with-the-dual-core-cortex-a9/ [5] http://cn.linkedin.com/pub/rock-yang/8/236/93a Guillaume FORTAINE Tel : +33(0)631092519 Mail : gfortaine@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------- > Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 16:32:55 +0000 > From: luke.leighton@xxxxxxxxx > To: gordan@xxxxxxxxxx > CC: shnurapet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; arm-netbook@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [Arm-netbook] 1ghz ARM Laptop (12in 1280x800 LCD) > > On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Gordan Bobic wrote: > > Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > > > >>> Unfortunately, I'm not a hardware hacker. But, as a consumer, I'd say > >>> that a "1gb NAND Flash" is quite a bit below the level. I also wouldn't care > >>> much about a 1280x720 screen if the hardware wouldn't be capable of playing > >>> the video flawlessly. Or, if there was an HDMI port to connect to TV, which > >>> is, in my taste, better suited for watching. > >> > >> yep - all the designs i've worked on, and all the CPUs found (so far) > >> were selected precisely because of the HDMI output capability. i'd > >> kinda ruled out the spea1310 because you need an extra IC converting > >> LCD to DVI/HDMI or even *shudder* a PCI-e graphics IC (volari Z11 god > >> help us is about the only free-software-compatible option) > > > > I was just thinking about that, actually. If you're making a custom mobo, > > then as long as you can find an ARM SoC tht has PCI-e, you could just apply > > an MXM module and plug in an ATI or Nvidia GPU for which we already have > > passably working OSS drivers. > > > > Of course, this defeats the purpose of the exercise - who in their right > > mind would use a 2W CPU with a 30W+ GPU in a laptop? > > *ROTFL*. yyep. the volari z11 is what ended up in the openrd > ultimate, for pretty much these reasons. yes, i've been looking > around for an IC that does 3D graphics at lower power. there are a > couple from broadcomm but broadcomm are a f*****g nightmare to work > with. their attitude can be summarised as "your product will fail, > therefore we are not interested". > > it's very interesting that it's been the U.S. companies whose > attitude has been "your product will fail, therefore we do not wish to > be involved". i find this fascinating. > > >> gordon is right about the SD/MMC card thing, but the "level 10" ones > >> can at least guarantee above 10mbytes/sec *read* capability. so > >> _yes_ to the SATA interface. > > > > The 10MB/s is _supposed_ to be for worst-case sequential writes. There is, > > however, no defined benchmark, and manufacturers are free to do their own > > testing. Most fail any sane real-world measurements of the specification. > > oops. > > > I'm glad we agree on anything other than SATA being unworkable. :) > > weell, i'm covering all the angles. genesyslogic's ICs are about $1 > - $1.50 even in small volumes so it's not as if it'll break the bank > by putting one on the motherboard, in the case where the CPU itself > doesn't have SATA. > > _______________________________________________ > arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook > Send large attachments to arm-netbook@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ arm mailing list arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/arm
