correct. I worry that the raspi wont be powerful enough for instance to generate reports of inventory so the business can make orders etc.
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 3:25 PM, Dave Pigott <dave.pig...@linaro.org> wrote: > POS as in Point of Sale? > > Dave > > On 15 Apr 2013, at 14:16, Jonathan Aquilina <eagles051...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I was considering the pi the question is though is it powerful enough to > perform necessary calculations one might find in a pos system > > > On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Serge Broslavsky < > serge.broslav...@linaro.org> wrote: > >> Hello Jonathan, >> >> On 13.04.13 08:26 +0200, Jonathan Aquilina wrote: >> > From my research I gather arm is just an architecture or chip producer >> as >> > well? As i have a project, that might do sufficiently running on a dev >> > board, or even a custom developed arm based board. >> >> This is what Wikipedia (a great source of information) says: >> >> Business model >> >> Unlike other microprocessor corporations such as AMD, Intel, >> Freescale (formerly Motorola) and Renesas (formerly Hitachi and >> Mitsubishi Electric), ARM only licenses its technology as >> intellectual property (IP), rather than manufacturing its own CPUs. >> Thus, there are a few dozen companies making processors based on >> ARM's designs. Intel, Samsung,[29] Texas Instruments, Analog >> Devices, Atmel, Freescale, Nvidia, Qualcomm, STMicroelectronics and >> Renesas have all licensed ARM technology. In the fourth quarter of >> 2010, 1.8 billion chips based on an ARM design were >> manufactured. >> >> >> > I have been trying to find a contact email at arm but to no avail. Any >> help >> > and information would be greatly appreciated. >> >> If you're trying to find some inexpensive ARM-based board for your >> project, without having any additional information from you, I'd >> recommend you starting with a Raspberry Pi [1]. >> >> >> Links: >> [1] http://www.raspberrypi.org/ >> >> >> -- >> Best Regards, >> Serge Broslavsky <serge.broslav...@linaro.org> >> >> Project Manager, Linaro >> M: +37129426328 IRC: ototo Skype: serge.broslavsky >> http://linaro.org | Open source software for ARM SoCs >> > > > > -- > Jonathan Aquilina > _______________________________________________ > linaro-dev mailing list > linaro-dev@lists.linaro.org > http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-dev > > > -- Jonathan Aquilina
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