Kurt Keville wrote: > Good catch, Tom... it's got VFP so there is hope for it! > > From their wiki... > > # cat /proc/cpuinfo > Processor : ARMv6-compatible processor rev 7 (v6l) > BogoMIPS : 599.65 > Features : swp half fastmult vfp edsp java
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture#Floating-point_.28VFP.29 VFP (Vector Floating Point) technology is an FPU coprocessor extension to the ARM architecture. It provides low-cost single-precision and double-precision floating-point computation fully compliant with the ANSI/IEEE Std 754-1985 Standard for Binary Floating-Point Arithmetic. VFP provides floating-point computation suitable for a wide spectrum of applications such as PDAs, smartphones, voice compression and decompression, three-dimensional graphics and digital audio, printers, set-top boxes, and automotive applications. Ummm...ok, and how is that useful on your TV? Use for video decompression? Play a 3D game on it? Do you plan to cluster a bunch of TVs into a supercomputer? :-) I'm still of the opinion that building "smarts" into a TV is a bad idea. Your TV has a 3 to 5+ year usable lifespan. Your set-top-box has a 2 or 4 year lifespan. A smart TV is going to spend a good chunk of its time permanently coupled to obsolete hardware and software. These smarts also tend to be proprietary. This project was the first mention I'd seen of one being hackable. (Though there are TVs running Android, which will be semi-hackable.) In other TV news... Disappointing that Google chose to sell off Motorola's set-top-box business, rather than infusing it with much needed new technology and fresh ideas. http://www.theverge.com/2012/12/7/3739546/google-motorola-cable-box-auction-wsj Who knows...Google may still do something in this space, but just saw no value in what Motorola had. Although you'd think they would still see value in the established relationships that division had with the cable cos. Of course if they plan to be the cable company (see Google Fiber), who need a sales channel. -Tom _______________________________________________ Hardwarehacking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking
