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Re:Raspberry Pi: An ARM GNU/Linux box for $25. Take a byte by malbs on Monday October 31, 2011 @01:43AM (#3176500)
damn, I keep having to double check because it's almost unbelievable they can pack that much capability into something so cheap?
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Re:Raspberry Pi: An ARM GNU/Linux box for $25. Take a byte by joezydeco on Monday October 31, 2011 @08:37AM (#3177170)
Because so much functionality is being packed on these SoC devices now. You literally hook these chips up to some RAM and Flash and add some I/O connectors of your choice, and you're in business.
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Re:Raspberry Pi: An ARM GNU/Linux box for $25. Take a byte by someperson on Wednesday November 02, 2011 @09:40AM (#3186576)
This particular SoC already has RAM built in too, if I remember correctly.
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Re:Raspberry Pi: An ARM GNU/Linux box for $25. Take a byte by joezydeco on Wednesday November 02, 2011 @12:38PM (#3187599)
That's pretty awesome, then. Because your other options are to stack the RAM on top of the chip like older OMAP parts, or put the RAM on the board and hope you get the circuit trace timing and impedences right.
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Re:Raspberry Pi: An ARM GNU/Linux box for $25. Take a byte by someperson on Thursday November 03, 2011 @05:13AM (#3190924)
Sorry, it seems the RAM is indeed stacked on top of this chip, it's not built in.

My knowledge of SoC technology in general is fleeting.

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