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wallarug
wallarug over 13 years ago

It is interesting to see what people are comparing to the "An ARM GNU/Linux box for $25. Take a byte!" to these days.

 

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/09/99-raspberry-pi-sized-supercomputer-touted-in-kickstarter-project/

This article is talking about a $99 dollar supercomputer that has 16 cores @ 700MHz each.

 

http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/28/09/2012/54676/raspberry-pi-gets-a-competitor.htm

This article is about an ARM board, not that different to the Raspberry Pi but with more power and RAM.

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    jamodio over 13 years ago

    Got a quick email update from the Cubieboard folks ...

     

    Intial 200 prototypes sold out. 1,000 users in the forum, 4,000 subscribed to the notification list, growing about 100 per day.

     

    To meet demand they are crowd funding via http://www.indiegogo.com/cubieboard

     

    Estimated shipping was end of Nov.

     

    -J

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  • Former Member
    Former Member over 13 years ago in reply to jamodio

    Hey jamodio

    I liked the sound of cubieboard's specs - so I just "contributed". It could be fun since I have several sata drives.

    Peg

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  • johnbeetem
    johnbeetem over 13 years ago in reply to GeorgeIoak

    George Ioakimedes wrote:

     

    I was just looking at the schematic of the Cubieboard (http://linux-sunxi.org/Cubieboard) and one thing I see that I like is that there's direct access to a 2-channel LVDS interface which means you can connect a FHD LDC Panel. That's the good news, the bad news is that the only I/O I see is a single SPI, I don't se any free GPIO pins.

    I would think that if you're using LVDS, the unused LCD pins would be available as GPIOs.

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  • GeorgeIoak
    GeorgeIoak over 13 years ago in reply to johnbeetem

    John Beetem wrote:

     

    I would think that if you're using LVDS, the unused LCD pins would be available as GPIOs.

    I was kind of thinking that might be possible they aren't listed as an optional GPIO but other pin functions are listed with dual choices. I don't need/want parallel RBG LCD connection but if you were to use that you wouldn't be left with free pins.

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  • morgaine
    morgaine over 13 years ago in reply to johnbeetem

    John Beetem wrote:

     

    Samsung has the advantage that it uses its own ICs and displays in its end products, eliminating middle-men.  They seem incredibly well run for a huge company.  They probably don't understand any of the jokes in Dilbert.

     

    Awesome line. image

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    Former Member over 13 years ago in reply to johnbeetem

    John Beetem wrote:

     

    Samsung has the advantage that it uses its own ICs and displays in its end products, eliminating middle-men.  They seem incredibly well run for a huge company.  They probably don't understand any of the jokes in Dilbert.

    I passed this information on to some friends I have at the top level in Samsung. They thanked me for the information and said. "We as a company were unaware of any prior jokes in Dilbert. We will with immediate effect find any and all Dilberts (whatever they are) and scan and remove any jokes that are in it." "We shall then patent all such legally acquired jokewarez forthwith before that company of fruits in the US do it." Sighhh an ora.

     

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  • GeorgeIoak
    GeorgeIoak over 13 years ago in reply to Former Member

    OK, the NDAs with Freescale are signed and I have the datasheets. I've fired off my first questions to them but I'm wondering if anyone has anything specific they want to know.

     

    I assume that the first thing I need to do is see if it is possible to make a board that competes in cost with the RPi. I figure if that's not possible then interest is not going to be as great.

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    GeorgeIoak over 13 years ago in reply to GeorgeIoak

    Hmm, is there really no interest in this project? I got some budgetary pricing back and it looks possible to compete with the RPi.

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    Former Member over 13 years ago in reply to GeorgeIoak

    George Ioakimedes wrote:

     

    Hmm, is there really no interest in this project? I got some budgetary pricing back and it looks possible to compete with the RPi.

    Don't know about everyone else, but I'm interested.. Was mostly waiting to see what sort of spec you'd come up with and what sort of cost..  I'd be happy with a $50 price as long as some of the more dubious design decisions the RPF made are not followed.

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    GeorgeIoak over 13 years ago in reply to Former Member

    I'm trying to schedule a conference call with them but can we put together a list of questions/requests from the community and I can address them with the Freescale folks.

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  • morgaine
    morgaine over 13 years ago in reply to GeorgeIoak

    George Ioakimedes wrote:

     

    Hmm, is there really no interest in this project? I got some budgetary pricing back and it looks possible to compete with the RPi.

     

    I think you can rest assured that interest in a board that competes on price with RPi but is based on i.MX6 would be colossal.  After all, it would provide a substantial increase in ARM capability from its more modern core, a fully working USB system, and probably a more openly documented platform.

     

    What's not to like?  I don't see how anyone with any interest in ARM boards could fail be interested, unless they are so deep into Pi fanboism that better specs don't matter to them.

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  • shabaz
    shabaz over 13 years ago in reply to morgaine

    I'd not had a chance to read this site for the past few days, but I'd be interested in half a dozen at that price ; )

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    shabaz over 13 years ago in reply to morgaine

    I'd not had a chance to read this site for the past few days, but I'd be interested in half a dozen at that price ; )

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