On Tue, 29 May 2007 Jaroslav wrote: > > Yes, I know about Linux flexibility, but I'm curious what's special in > your hardware platform - or what was the reason to design a new > platform > (you mentioned that main CPU is not very powerful). Several PC based > platforms exist with Geode or VIA processors which has enough I/Os > integrated including AC97 sound and PCI slots for further expansion.. > Maybe size of final product or a special acceleration? > > Jaroslav Ok, now I got Your point. The project is all about being highly energy efficient, flexible and provide massive parallelism (and we are not talking about just 4 cores like in an Intel). Unfortunately size matters as well and you'll guess it: it has to be cost efficient. Probably You know the word "eierlegende Wollmilchsau" (dict.leo.org translates it with: "all-in-one device suitable for every purpose" though the humor gets lost with that translation), actually that's the goal. Regards, Lorenz _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel