On 3/17/2013 10:08 AM, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: > For those following along on LinuxCNC ARM development, there's a new > version of the BeagleBone coming out soon: > > http://beagleboard.org/unzipped > > More and faster memory, on-board flash, built-in HDMI, and a lower (but > not yet announced) price. >
It's curious how the current microelectronic economy works. First, they get under the price of the BeagleBoard by nearly 40 percent by throwing out features to create the BeagleBone. Then they add back features to the BeagleBone and reduce the price some more. Clearly, the RPi sales numbers have affected these guys (neither side claims to be in it for the money but obviously both crave the street cred). For 30 years we had the relative stability of the PC as the target application to focus the evolution of x86 CPUs and their surrounding technology (notably, the interfaces). In the past 5 years, it's been the laptop/notebook/HTPC market that has focused their evolution (and the interfaces have suffered). The evolution of ARM has been much more diffuse. Smartphones and embedded applications certainly became a big factor, but the rapid evolution of SBCs like Beagles, RPis, and all the others look like attempts to find a sweetspot without a shared definition of a target market (interfaces? what interfaces? here's some gpio bits to twiddle.). These are exciting times for tech junkies like me who accumulate one of everything, but the turbulent situation must give heartburn for those trying to realize a stable product. Can't wait to see the product itself and not just the teaser announcement of a product. Regards, Kent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
