On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 8:55 PM, Brad Midgley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've heard the support chips for atom have not been optimized for > saving power yet, so it may be another generation before atom + > chipset + solid state drive will be within any kind of reasonable > power budget for a handheld.
Yeah no kidding... http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=597&type=expert&pid=8 See how the "entire system" power is 60 watts max, and doesn't vary much with the load? and here: http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=597&type=expert&pid=2 funny how the chipset has a big heatsink with a fan, while the processor has a small heatsink and no fan. :-) At least they are competing favorably with VIA for the mini-ITX boards though. > If they haven't already, they also need to engineer an instant wakeup > (acpi suspend/resume is abysmal) _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
