Intel Atom

[James Thomas Snell]

I totally think running an x86 CPU in the phone would be great for opening
up possibilities for hobbyist developers. ARM may be more efficient but if
this project is meant to really enable DIY projects, I think x86 would be
fantastic.

Part of what we've got to also keep in mind is that the power specs we see
now are for today - where are they going to be in a year? What has the trend
for improvement been? Perhaps if there's a strong relationship with Intel to
be leveraged, we could ping them on the idea. If we can deliver them a list
of power requirements it's possible they may be very interested in finding
little tweaks and offering suggestions on how to make that work.

I'm all for x86 on the phone. I think it'd only serve to open the platform
up even more and isn't that more or less the point?



On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Brad Midgley <bmidgley at gmail.com> wrote:

> Joachim
>
> > thats also my conclusion: x86 is not ready yet for really mobile use.
>
> fwiw, atom may not be ready, but there are a couple of system-on-chip
> x86 cpus out there that might be interesting. Just how much power is
> still in question, but there's geode from AMD, some VIA offerings, and
> a couple from lesser-known manufacturers like Tri-M.
>
> --
> Brad
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