On 04/16/2017 06:53 PM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 10:56 PM, zap zapper@openmailbox.org wrote:
something interesting I saw is that in the update picking a processor, it shows rk3188 as the rockchip processor you were going to reverse engineer. on the other hand, your rhombus-tech link shows that your looking at rk3288?
Not to be annoying constantly, but I am curious are you looking at one or both?
just the 3288. the 3188 i considered but it's older, cortex a9 based so is *really* power-hungry. i got a dev board (ok an IPTV box), opened it up, immediately noted the heat-sink on the 3188 and went "absolutely not".
the 3288 on the other hand was the first commercial A17 (i believe) which is a sort-of uprated version of the Cortex A7 - something like that, anyway.
also it can do HDMI 2.0, 4k video playback (if you push the dual-channel memory up to a stonking 1600mhz that is...) and it kicks the stuffing out of the high-end variants of the intel atom.
more than that, its popularity in chromebooks has meant that the 3288 has a *lot* of modding and OS messing-about behind it. that's a good thing in that it's well-understood, but it does make it a f*****g nuisance to try and find decent instructions. i've given up on using google search and now go directly to #linux-rockchip on freenode. people there know what they're doing.
Glad to hear it! The rk3288 does sound faster judging by the specs and considering what you said, just now I mean, it is the better choice.
I wonder how fast it will be with the eoma standard? Probably at least 4x faster than the fastest processor on that "x200 libreboot device I am using."
Yeah I know its not as good as what your planning, but I can wait for ya. This is good news.
Also, it is a quad core processor and uses very little wattage hah.
I am curious by the way, how much does the intel crap use for wattage traditionally...
Probably an insane amount I imagine. :)
(I am glad because that will give more power to arm in the future.) ;)
Thanks for the info hehe... I look forward to debian 9 on that.
l.
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