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authorbnewbold <bnewbold@alum.mit.edu>2012-02-10 01:49:06 -0500
committerbnewbold <bnewbold@alum.mit.edu>2012-02-10 01:49:06 -0500
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@@ -3,10 +3,34 @@
### Netgear N600
+AKA, WNDR3700v2. <http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/netgear/wndr3700?s>
+
+ - SoC: Atheros AR7161 rev 2 680 MHz
+
+ - 64MB RAM
+ - 16MB Flash
+ - 4 GigE ports on RTL8366S switch, plus WAN on AG71xx
+ - Atheros AR9280an and Atheros AR980bgn WiFi PHY chips
+
### Fonera 2.0n
+<http://wiki.fon.com/wiki/Fonera_2.0n_Specifications>
+
+ - SoC: Ralink 300MHz
+ - 64MB RAM
+ - 8MB Flash
+
### Apple Airport Extreme
+$189 802.11n router with 4 ethernet ports (incl WAN)
+
+ - Marvell 88F5181 SoC
+ - Atheros AR5416-AC1E 802.11n on a mini-pci (e?) daughter, plus AR5133-AL1E
+ and WN6M3 chips driving antennas
+ - ST M29W128FL flash (128Mbit = 16mb)
+ - 2x Samsung K4H651638H-3UCB DDR RAM chips, 256Mbit/each = 64mb
+ - Broadcom BCM5325E1QMG ethernet switch
+
# Dev Systems, Single-board-computers
[http://store.netgate.com/Single-Board-Computer-Comparison-Chart-W28C85.aspx](Netgate comparison chart)
@@ -23,6 +47,16 @@
- 1 WAN Gbit port (arge0) (connected through AR8216 switch chip)
- 3 LAN Gbit ports (arge1) (connected through AR8216 switch chip)
+### jjPlus
+
+IU3:
+
+ - Atheros AR7161 680MHz Network Processor
+ - 64Mbytes SDRAM Memory
+ - 8Mbytes SPI Flash Memory
+ - Three Type-III Mini-PCI Slot
+ - Five Gigabit Ethernet Port (1WAN/ 4LAN)
+
### Gateworks
Laguna GW2388-4:
@@ -57,6 +91,15 @@ The ALIX.6F2 is $122
# Dev Kits, Modules
+### Variscite Modules
+
+[http://www.variscite.com/products/item/76-var-som-om44-ti-omap4460](VAR-SOM-OM44)
+with TI OMAP4460 (1.5ghz dual-core), GigE via USB, PoP RAM
+
+$50
+[http://www.variscite.com/products/item/32-var-som-am35-ti-sitara-am3517-am3505](VAR-SOM-AM35)
+with TI AM3517 (600mhz Cortex-A8), 100mb ethernet, 64-256mb DDR2 RAM, 256-512mb Flash, ~1watt power
+
### RaspberryPI
$25/35 (subsidized by broadcom). 2.5+ watts.
@@ -65,6 +108,13 @@ Broadcom BCM2835 SoC at 700mhz with powerful GPU, 128/256mb RAM, 100mb ethernet
### BeagleBone
+$90 (no subsidies)
+
+ - SoC: TI AM3358
+ - 256 MB RAM
+ - microSD
+ - 10/100 ethernet
+
### PandaBoard ES
Uses TI OMAP4460 SoC (1.2ghz dual-core, with GPU) and 1gb DDR2 RAM, comes with
@@ -80,7 +130,20 @@ WiFi, 100Mb ethernet, bluetooth. $182 (subsidized by TI)
### Gumstix Modules
-TI OMAP3530 (720mhz) and 256mb RAM, 256mb FLASH.
+
+[https://www.gumstix.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=228](Overo Water
+COM) at $170:
+
+ - TI OMAP3530 (720mhz)
+ - 512mb RAM
+ - 512mb FLASH
+
+[https://www.gumstix.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=261](Overo Sand COM) at $115:
+
+ - TI OMAP 3503, 600mhz
+ - 256mb RAM
+ - no flash
+
### IGEPv2
@@ -110,10 +173,52 @@ processor. 3G, WiFi, bluetooth,
<http://www.opensourcemid.org/>
-### OpenMoko
+### OpenMoko
+
+[http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo_FreeRunner_Hardware](Neo Freerunner):
+
+ - 802.11bg: Atheros chipset AR6001
+ - SoC: 400/500 MHz Samsung 2442B (ARM) (eg, S3C2442B B54)
+ - 128 MB RAM (half internal, half external?)
+ - 256 MB Flash
### iPhone 4S
+<http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPhone-4S-Teardown/6610/1>
+
+ - Murata SW SS1830010, containing Broadcom wifi+bluetooth?
+ - Toshiba THGVX1G7D2GLA08 16 GB 24 nm MLC NAND flash memory
+ - Qualcomm MDM6610 (?)
+ - Apple A5 dual-core 1GHz with 512 MB DDR2 RAM
+
+### iPad 2
+
+<http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPad-2-Wi-Fi-Teardown/5071/1>
+
+ - 1ghz Apple A5 dual-core CPU: APL0498
+ - 512mb DDR2 RAM
+ - 16/32/64gb FLASH
+ - broadcom BCM43291HKUBC 802.11/bluetooth/FM chip
+
+### Amazon Kindle
+
+[http://www.ifixit.com/blog/2011/11/15/kindle-fire-teardown/](Kindle Fire):
+
+ - Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 Processor
+ - Samsung KLM8G2FEJA 8 GB Flash Memory
+ - Hynix H9TKNNN4K 512 MB of Mobile DDR2 RAM
+ - Texas Instruments 603B107 Fully Integrated Power Management IC
+ - Texas Instruments WL1270B 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi
+
+### OLPC
+
+[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Hardware_specification](XO-1 CL1A):
+
+ - CPU: 433MHz x86 AMD 33234G Geode w/ integrated northbridge
+ - 256MB RAM
+ - 1GB FLASH
+ - 802.11bg: Marvell Libertal 88W8388 controller and 88W8015 radio
+
# Plug Computers
### GlobalScale Devices
@@ -149,6 +254,13 @@ OpenRD
- Marvell 88F6281, 1.2ghz
- 512mb RAM
+### Marvell Smile Plug
+<http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Marvell-SMILE-Plug/>
+
+With Armada 300 2ghz SoC (88F6282), Marvell Avastar 88W8764 wifi, 512mb DDR3
+RAM and 512mb FLASH. Dual GigE ports, SD card slot.
+
+
# Other
### CuBox
@@ -158,6 +270,13 @@ $135. 1-3 watts.
Marvell Armada 510 ARMv7 SoC with 1gb DDR3 (800mhz), microSD storage, eSATA,
GigE ethernet, no wifi.
-### Fit-PC
+### Fit-PC2i
+
+<http://www.fit-pc.com/web/fit-pc/fit-pc2i-specifications/>
+
+Intel Atom 1.1/1.6/2ghz (Z510/Z530/Z550), 1/2gb DDR2 RAM, 2x GigE (Realtek RTL8111), 802.11n (with RaLink RT3070)
+### Google TV (future)
+Marvell 1500 (88DE3100): dual core Cortex-A9-ish, PJ4b-SMP CPU. ~5.3watts,
+32bit DDR3 (800mhz)
diff --git a/hardware/soc.page b/hardware/soc.page
index 3852b58..5a421db 100644
--- a/hardware/soc.page
+++ b/hardware/soc.page
@@ -23,15 +23,21 @@ The establishment players for MIPS SoCs are Broadcom and Marvell (Kirkwood).
# ARM
-Marvell Armada XP: MV78260
+### Marvell Armada XP
-(samples available from nu horizons?)
+eg, MV78260
+
+samples available from nu horizons:
<http://www.nuhorizons.com/featuredproducts/portal/samples/January_2012.asp>
-(apple experimenting with these chip?)
+apple experimenting with these chip?
<http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/09/support-for-quad-core-arm-cpu-shows-up-in-apples-xcode-but-why.ars>
-Calxeda "EnergyCore"
+### Calxeda "EnergyCore"
+
+ECX-1000 is 4 Cortex-A9 at 1.1-1.4ghz, 5watts with 4gb DDR3 RAM.
+
+Going for massively parallelized market, with hundreds of cors in a rack.
# MIPS