Hello, first off, I like your idea. This is my public reply, I'll give a personal reply later.
On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Konstantinos Margaritis <mar...@codex.gr> wrote: > I'm considering funding the design & production of a new PowerPC system > (well, the motherboard, the rest are typical pc stuff and a case). No this > What makes the system stand out, from say a Atom based PC? (I know, playing devil's advocate here) > 1. MPC8640D-based. It will be dual core at 1Ghz -most likely, higher > frequencies are much more expensive and the cost of the final board would be > prohibitive. > 2. MPC8610-based. Single core at 1Ghz, slightly less expensive, and includes > a 2D DIU display unit -quite fast, but no 3D unfortunately. > 3. QorIQ P1022-based. Again dual core at 1Ghz (1055Mhz to be precise). Apart > from the much lower chip price, this one includes dual gigabit ethernet, > dual SATA, USB 2.0 and a 2D DIU display unit (same as the MPC8610). So this > Go for QorIQ P1022, it's the ideal SoC for many applications. Alternatively, it's predecessor MPC8536E available now, ~same specs, but higher power. But not the two you mention please. > End price is estimated to be ~around~ 350EUR for the P1022 board or ~500EUR > Pico P1022 or Pico MPC8536E pls. and throw PCI Express (x4) in the party! (hint: I haven't seen an Intel board with Atom and PCI Express yet). Will the board be open hardware? I.e. an open sourced design? Regards, -- Leon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
