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i looked up vivante's GC400 - it's implemented in 850kgates. that's only 40% of the estimated-equivalent 1.9m of the Zynq-7030's 125k cells budget. and that's OpenGL ES 2.0 and more. so i'd say it's definitely doable. look at the posts from the llvm-dev team member, nick - you don't...

here are some links (which will be added to as they occur) to threads on the various free software projects mentioned, above. hopefully the developers on each list will pick up the topic(s) to help evaluate whether use of the Zynq 7030 CPU is actually practical or even exciting. LLVM-dev...

ok as promised i've outlined what i believe may be the best CPU yet to base not just an OpenPandora v2.0 but also a FSF Hardware-Endorsed Laptop _and_ a lot more besides, thanks to it having an on-board FPGA...

i opened up a new discussion, here: http://www.gp32x.de/board/index.php?/topic/60228-replicating-the-success-of-the-openpandora-discussion-v20/

i hope that posting here is still ok. the original discussions are here: http://www.gp32x.de/board/index.php?/topic/52705-help-needed-replicating-success-of-openpandora-for-a-netbooklaptop http://www.gp32x.de/board/index.php?/topic/58475-free-software-arm-based-12in-1280x800-laptop/ i am still...

it would be... but you see... you notice the TDP of 3.7 Watts? that's 50% more (total) than is acceptable for a device that is passively-cooled with no heat-sink (or maybe just a piece of plain metal and a squishy thermal pad to transfer heat from the CPU to the metal). intel has a long _long_...

now that... is... actually very very interesting. *sigh*. at first sight. 1ghz CPU, capacitive touchscreen... and then you realise that it's only 512mb RAM, and only a 1024x600 LCD - again, the LCD resolution that just drives people nuts. there is a really, really, really good reason why the...

yes - i've been talking to them. it's... *still* not out yet! and, unfortunately, their head-start that they had, back when they announced it, is slowly eroding. there are now starting to come out better CPUs...

really appreciated. yes, considered both openpandora and/or beagleboard(s), and also, now that this is almost one year on (!), pandaboards and IMX53QSB's as well. there's an ongoing (ok, probably over now) thread on debian-arm in which many of the alternatives were discussed, and, yes, it's...

pleng, hi, apologies i haven't been back here for a while - but yes, on the face of it that looks like an excellent product... and then you get into the fine print and you find that the iMX51 can only support a maximum of 512mb of RAM, it has a 1024x600 LCD (which, if ever you've tried to use...

who me?? i'm flattered :) let me just edit the post, now that it's got past your beady eye, to include those all-important "please deposit $1m" details. purely to fund this laptop development, of course, of course. mwahahahh

yaay, that's the spirit :) well, i MAY have just managed to wangle access to a stonking Dual-Core CPU, by accident - i can't say which one right now. i'll post more when i have some firm news (and permission to say it!) yes, HDMI out is high on the list of things to make sure are there...

beh? oh, yeh. 50% ain't much when the CPU prices are $20 and $30 *lol*. ok, i hadn't noticed the GPU speed difference, to be honest. ohhh yes. it'd be funny if they actually did a decent job. nufront's CPU is 40nm, can run at up to 2ghz, and generally kicks arse. if you recall that...

really appreciated, thank you. yes, looked at the beagleboard. the OMAP4440 is classified as a weapons-grade processor, unfortunately. that means that it requires a costly license *per* person to be shipped outside of the E.U or the U.S.A. so in the meantime, whilst TI sort themselves out...

folks, hi, some time last year i posted to see if anyone was interested in getting together, pandora-style, to bring about the creation of a full ARM-based Laptop. the discussion here turned into a 10-page monster and was generally entertaining as well as informative and useful. i'm reviving...

could you please let me know who that is? i'd like to either a) get hold of their work (which they should have released during development, f*****g pisses me off when people work on "private" free software projects "uhhh, because it's uhhhn not finished yet, i might embarrass myself by showing...

absolutely nothing. in fact, they're so not secret that tomasz is proceeding very well with reverse-engineering of powervr. http://code.google.com/p/gles6410. the only bit he's having difficulty with is the USSE (User-programmable Shader Engine). you would do well to help him out, create a...

if you can find a CPU manufacturer willing _right_ now to release specs including full data sheets and i mean full data sheets, not the time-wasting "blurb" i mean the full 250-page complete and total and accurate technical datasheet... ... WITHOUT requiring an NDA to be signed, then yes...

no: it needs someone to publicise it. the people i spoke to who would be appropriate (respected free software community leaders) took some "getting used to" the idea of a self-funding project to the tune of getting on upwards of $USD 1m :) so i'm kinda relying on common sense and straw polls...

yes. it's a great machine, if you want only a 600mhz CPU, 512mb RAM and can tolerate a 1024x600 screen. my threshold, and the threshold for many people i've talked to, is 800mhz+ on the CPU, 1gb RAM (DDR2), and a 1024x768 screen or greater (so, 1024x768 is ok, 1200x768 is ok, as is 1280x768...