Hi,
   I am also working on same project ,,,, ,,,,

   see this,,,

http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting/browse_thread/thread/6e5ad4c18aa0494b/429c128a84d20edf

Regards
 Muhammad Ali.

On Jan 7, 11:44 pm, Ashwin Bihari <abih...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Kumar,
>
> First and foremost you'd want to choose a FPGA that already has
> support in Linux, that'll make the porting possible and easier to get
> going. From there, you'd want to look at the RAM and storage
> requirements for Android. Most people seem to indicate that at least
> 128 MB of RAM is needed for Android. Storage wise, 256 MB of flash
> would be great..
>
> Now apart from the main processor you'll also want to think about
> things like hardware acceleration for OpenGL since Android 2.1 onward
> not having one will make the UI absolutely CRAWL..and if you want to
> do any heavy audio/video stuff then you'll need to think about a DSP..
>
> Regards
> -- Ashwin
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 12:24 PM, hobbeston <hobbes...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Ashwin,
> >  We are thinking of an FPGA board with any of the publicly available
> > soft cores like Nios2, microblaze, etc. We have access to any
> > combination of boards/soft cores. What other information would you
> > like?
>
> >  Thanks,
>
> > -Kumar.
>
> > On Jan 6, 1:53 pm, Ashwin Bihari <abih...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> What kind of specs were you thinking for the FPGA? It's better for you
> >> you tell us what you were thinking of using and then get opinions on
> >> whether you need to make changes..
>
> >> -- Ashwin
>
> >> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 12:33 PM, hobbeston <hobbes...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Hi,
> >> >  We are looking into porting Android on an FPGA platform.
>
> >> >  Any advise/pointers in this regard is greatly appreciated.
>
> >> >  Thanks,
>
> >> > -Kumar
>
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