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diff --git a/hardware/cpu.page b/hardware/cpu.page index a3f658b..2fa45ca 100644 --- a/hardware/cpu.page +++ b/hardware/cpu.page @@ -16,15 +16,22 @@ routing easier (eg, iPhones, RaspberryPI). The establishment players for mobile ARM SoCs are TI (OMAP), Qualcomm ([Snapdragon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snapdragon_(System_on_Chip))), not -regular ARM), Samsung ([Exynos](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exynos))), Broadcom (Armada, Armada XP, ) +regular ARM), Samsung ([Exynos](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exynos))), Marvell +(Armada, Armada XP, ) The establishment players for MIPS SoCs are Broadcom and Marvell (Kirkwood). + # ARM -### TI OMAP +### Freescale i.MX6 + +<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I.MX#i.MX6x_series> -[OMAP5 overview](http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/TI-OMAP5430-and-OMAP5432-CES-demos/) +40nm process. 1.2GHz Cortex A9, up to 4 cores, includes vidoe processing +"stuff". Single PCIe, GigE, SATA, 64bit RAM bus, $10-20 price range, available +summer 2012? Sabre Lite DevKits available to some? +[linaro link with specs](https://wiki.linaro.org/Boards/MX6QSabreLite) ### Marvell Armada XP @@ -34,13 +41,19 @@ The establishment players for MIPS SoCs are Broadcom and Marvell (Kirkwood). - 2x 1GHz armv5 chips - 2x SATA - 2x PCIe x4 - - $60 or less? + - "$60 or less" (?) Samples available from [nu horizons](http://www.nuhorizons.com/featuredproducts/portal/samples/January_2012.asp) Apple experimenting with these chip? [arstechnica article](http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/09/support-for-quad-core-arm-cpu-shows-up-in-apples-xcode-but-why.ars) +### TI OMAP4 + +PandaBoard's OMAP4460: + + - up to 1.5GHz dual-core Cortex-A9 + ### Calxeda "EnergyCore" Going for massively parallelized market, with hundreds of cors in a rack. @@ -50,48 +63,63 @@ ECX-1000 is 4 Cortex-A9 at 1.1-1.4ghz, 5watts with 4gb DDR3 RAM. SATA and PCIe, "routing fabric". Hard FPU. -### Freescale i.MX6 - -<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I.MX#i.MX6x_series> - -40nm process. 1.2GHz Cortex A9, up to 4 cores, includes vidoe processing -"stuff". Single PCIe, GigE, SATA, 64bit RAM bus, **$10-20** price range, -available summer 2012? Sabre Lite DevKits available to some? +### Allwinner A10 -[linaro link with specs](https://wiki.linaro.org/Boards/MX6QSabreLite) +A Chinese-made fast+cheap ($5 in volume) tablet-oriented chip. -### Allwinner A10 + - 1.5GHz ARM Cortex A8, with MALI GPU + - "$5 in volume" + - NAND flash controller + - 4 SDIO interfaces + - SATA-II (3 gb/sec... bit?) + - 10/100 Ethernet -A Chinese-made fast cheap (**"$5 in volume"**) tablet-oriented processor +Links: - <http://elinux.org/Hack_A10_devices> - <http://rhombus-tech.net/allwinner_a10/> - <http://www.wits-tech.com/pages/board.jsp> - SDK and tools docs <http://www.cnx-software.com/2011/12/28/allwinner-a10a1x-processor-resources-development-board-and-sdk/> -# x86 +### Nvidia Tegra -### Intel Atom +Has PCIe? -Line of devices with low-gate-count integrated Altera FPGAs. Great -connectivity, but higher price (**~$60?**), proprietary toolchain, higher power -consumption. +### ST SPEAr1340 + +[pre-production](http://www.st.com/internet/mcu/product/251211.jsp): + + - 2x Cortex-A9 cores up to 600MHz + - 32bit DDR3-1066 memory bus, up to 1GB addressable + - 1x GigE port + - 1x PCIe 2.0 lane # MIPS Ingenic jz4760B +# x86 + # PowerPC AppliedMicro APM86290 # Other -Marvell Avanta ethernet switch SoCs: http://www.marvell.com/broadband/ + - [Rhombus Tech CPU eval list](http://rhombus-tech.net/evaluated_cpus/) + + - [Marvell Avanta](http://www.marvell.com/broadband/) ethernet switch SoCs + + - Marvell Prestera EX/MX enterprise packet processors -Marvell Prestera EX/MX enterprise packet processors + - Freescale QorIQ DPAA -Freescale QorIQ DPAA + - TI [OMAP5 overview](http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/TI-OMAP5430-and-OMAP5432-CES-demos/) -http://www.caviumnetworks.com/Table.html#CNS3XXX (ARM network chips) + - TI Sitara AM389x has PCIe? $40+ in 1k quantities? + - 1x PCIe + - up to 1.5GHz Cortex-A8 + - 2x 32bit DDR3-1600 interfaces + - GigE ethernet + - 1031FCBGA package (1k pins?) |