On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 12:37 PM, Ed McNierney <e...@laptop.org> wrote: > That is indeed correct, but it was also to reduce cost.
Exactly what Ed and cjb say. - Early on, raw NAND was cheaper, and FTLs in SD/microSD were unusable. This drove XO-1 decisions. - SD/microSD prices dipped below raw NAND, and some passable FTLs appeared in market (thanks to cameras, phones). This drove XO-1.5 decisions. - microSD prices went up, quality and reliabiliy down -- eMMC offers parts stability and is competitively priced, so that's what we do for XO-1.75: eMMC. A changing industry... m -- martin.langh...@gmail.com mar...@laptop.org -- Software Architect - OLPC - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
