Re:CHIP Pro
by thom_nic on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @08:55AM
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The GR8 is an AllWinner R8 with RAM in a single piece of resin. They are targeting product builders, see the section:
> Powered by a chip you can actually buy.
> R8 SoC + 256MB DDR3
> 1 package. 1 price.
> $6 in any quantity.
(that's $6 for their rebadged chip.) TBH this looks like not a bad solution for someone looking to board-down a linux capable product. I wonder if the GR8 needs a power mgt chip or if that's integrated into the SoC as well.
Back to your original question, NTC (among others) worked with AllWinner I believe to mainline some of the R8 code and reduce (or possibly eliminate?) binary blobs.
> Powered by a chip you can actually buy. > R8 SoC + 256MB DDR3 > 1 package. 1 price. > $6 in any quantity.
(that's $6 for their rebadged chip.) TBH this looks like not a bad solution for someone looking to board-down a linux capable product. I wonder if the GR8 needs a power mgt chip or if that's integrated into the SoC as well.
Back to your original question, NTC (among others) worked with AllWinner I believe to mainline some of the R8 code and reduce (or possibly eliminate?) binary blobs.