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