On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 01:42:33PM +0100, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > ok... yes, i can ask. > > question (for everyone): if there existed a board which used a > single-core 800mhz Cortex A9, maximum hard limit of 512mb RAM, but > also had SATA-II and 10/100 Ethernet, would it be of interest, and how > much would you pay for it? similar spec / design / size / interfaces > as the pandaboard, origen etc. just with a single-core Cortex A9 > rather than dual-core.
I would think a 1GHz single core Cortex A8 with 1GB ram and SATA 1 would be preferable to 512MB ram and 200MHz less speed. Not sure how the A8 and A9 cores compare though. Not having enough ram always sucks. SATA 1 is still plenty for most harddisks these days. 100Mbit ethernet is OK in general, even though gigabit is always nice. > the CPU i have in mind is the AML-8726-M (which is fantastic but is > hardware-limited to 512mb RAM) and i am in contact with an ODM/OEM > whom i believe i could persuade to create such a board if there is > sufficient interest in purchasing it. i've already explained to them > that there are benefits to them i.e. Free Software Developers en-masse > writing software based around the board etc. etc. Personally if I was buying one (and I am thinking of doing that), the choice between the i.MX53 with 1GB ram versus something with 512MB ram, I would get the i.MX53. > btw when responding please don't take the piss on a price you'd be > happy to pay! apart from anything it has to be enough to encourage > them to go ahead with the board. the beagleboard price (A8, 720mhz, > 512mb) is a fair guide. unlike x86 systems the CPU isn't the major > component cost with these embedded boards. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110810163337.gi8...@caffeine.csclub.uwaterloo.ca
