On 04/16/2017 06:53 PM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 10:56 PM, zap <zap...@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. > > _______________________________________________ > arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk > http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook > Send large attachments to arm-netb...@files.phcomp.co.uk _______________________________________________ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to arm-netb...@files.phcomp.co.uk