Re:CHIP Pro
by fingar on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @05:22AM
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The changes are:
1. It is now SiP, not SoC, because the GR8 chip incorporates 512MB RAM! System-in-Package.
2. They made changes here and there so all of the GR8 is open compared to the previous SoC. Most notably I expect the video decoding/encoding in hardware should be unable now.
3. Much smaller form factor.
4. Now has very fast NAND memory, so flash once and forget.
5. Overall they got input from developers and implemented what is needed.
6. Most important, same day Linux kernel support for the GR8 in Linus's tree. The commit was accepted a few days ago.
1. It is now SiP, not SoC, because the GR8 chip incorporates 512MB RAM! System-in-Package.
2. They made changes here and there so all of the GR8 is open compared to the previous SoC. Most notably I expect the video decoding/encoding in hardware should be unable now.
3. Much smaller form factor.
4. Now has very fast NAND memory, so flash once and forget.
5. Overall they got input from developers and implemented what is needed.
6. Most important, same day Linux kernel support for the GR8 in Linus's tree. The commit was accepted a few days ago.