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____/ Jerry McBride on Saturday 19 July 2008 19:30 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Dual-core PPC SoC drives 55
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>> | Freescale is sampling a pin-compatible version of its PowerPC-based
>> | MPC8641D system-on-chip (SoC) that is claimed to consume 27 percent less
>> | power. The 1.0-1.25GHz MPC8640D offers dual e600 cores, a 37 percent
>> | lower price, and an optional Linux board support package (BSP), says
>> | Freescale.
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>> http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9489013821.html
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> Embeded is sooooo cool... but yet so costly. I long for low cost, cheap,
> SBC's that you can build a low cost cluster out of... say for the same cost
> of a medium cost desktop... like $300.00 (US)...
>
> The above mentioned is heavenly... no doubt would be "most excellent" with
> linux... but the shear cost of the thing would make it undesireable.
>
> I still look for i586 (k6-2 or k6-3) mother boards and cpus for my "embeded
> needs". Far, far cheaper.
Have you seen this one from yesterday?
( Plasma Embedded )
http://ivan.fomentgroup.org/blog/2008/07/17/plasma-embedde/
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~~ Best of wishes
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