On Wed, 26 Jan 2011, Rob Landley wrote: > On 01/26/2011 07:25 AM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > > * two Set-Top-Box companies are already crossing over from > > "set-top-box" into "general purpose" SoC CPUs. > > > > one of them has a 500mhz (MIPS) CPU with 1080p60 Video decode. the > > CPU costs **** 6 **** - i repeat - *SIX* - i repeat, that's $USD 6.00 > > - i repeat - that's six United States Dollars - in mass-volume. they > > are now doing a 1.5ghz version. > > So what? Having 1080p decode these days is like having a floating point > coprocessor, and $6 isn't the cheapest processor out there. You can get > cortex M0 processors for 65 cents each if you're willing to buy in lots > of 10k:
How does Cortex M0 compares to a 500 MHz MIPS64, performance-wise? Right... There's still a performance band where MIPS (licensing) is cheaper than ARM, witness the abundance of MIPS in e.g. routers. With kind regards, Geert Uytterhoeven Software Architect Technology and Software Centre Europe Sony Belgium, bijkantoor van Sony Europe Limited. Da Vincilaan 7-D1 · B-1935 Zaventem · Belgium Phone: +32 (0)2 700 8453 Fax: +32 (0)2 700 8622 E-mail: [email protected] Sony Europe Limited. A company registered in England and Wales. Registered office: The Heights, Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey. KT13 0XW. United Kingdom _______________________________________________ Celinux-dev mailing list [email protected] http://tree.celinuxforum.org/mailman/listinfo/celinux-dev
