SMedia 3362
Ian Stirling
OpenMoko at mauve.plus.com
Sat Sep 1 23:44:20 CEST 2007
Shawn Rutledge wrote:
> On 9/1/07, Raphael Jacquot <sxpert at sxpert.org> wrote:
>
>>Shawn Rutledge wrote:
>>
>>>Is there any technical info available about this chip?
>>>
>>>Is there an X driver for it, or one in progress?
>>
>>depending on the timeframe, perhaps FIC could contact or help the
>>opengraphics people with their project, the goal of which is to create a
>>graphics controller asic that would be used for embedded systems.
>>Using the opengraphics asic in the openmoko platform would be, IMNSHO
>>the proper thing to do
>
>
> Or maybe use an FPGA so we can design our own hardware-accelerated
> graphics functions, and it can double for some other purposes too.
> OpenGraphics is starting that way (spartan 3 if memory serves). They
> are cheap. Not sure if they are low-power enough to use in a phone.
Basically.
FPGAs of equivalent size are _NOT_ cheap, or low power.
I'd guess the SMedia chip is $20 or so.
Now, go and look for a low power FPGA with the thick end of a megabyte
of embedded RAM, and many thousand gates. It'll be at least $100, maybe
$200.
FPGAs are almost always the most expensive, highest power way to do
things, if proper custom silicon is a possibility. (volumes of >>1K,
comparable processes)
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