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The number was closer to 1,000, for an initial test run of the product. The MMSP2+ was never considered so I don't have an exact price figure.

@Alex.: The issue though is that if you're using the 2D acceleration to blow up the image, the 2D hardware must still transfer it across the bus to the framebuffer in memory and then it must make its way to the LCD controller and be physically drawn to the display. If you're using a lower...

What might be a problem with voluntarily using a lower resolution, however, is that there would be about half of the screen real estate wasted. Unlike an analog display you can't specify a custom resolution and have the display adapt to fill all empty space with it, you'd need to have the...

@Squidge: There are quite a few sources- pricing of i.MX31 parts for example, was roughly $25 when purchased in a quantity appropriate for a device like the GP2X; this was per correspondence I was provided during talks with GamePark regarding development of the XGP series (before they went...

Yes; the ARM architecture has provisions for it via the standard reference platform over the "AMBA" bus standard. However, it costs less, simplifies board design, system design and engineering time/effort, to opt for an SoC that pre-integrates a CPU/FPU/GPU solution as well as other controllers...

QUOTE If the GUI of emulators are designed with this device in mind, the additional 160px could be well used for giving quick access to certain functions of the emulator (savestates and the like), or just a nice bezel-type graphic. With a touchscreen, that would work well for adding buttons for...

Thank you for reminding me- I would like to note that it would be important to to consider power consumption of auxiliary chips added to the design outside of the SoC. In the GP2X design* the video output encoder IC was a very power-hungry unit and resulted in a heavy hit to battery life when...

I'll restate my more important remarks due to the demise of the prior thread. #1. A chipset from Samsung or TI's OMAP series, or Freescale's i.MX31 would be superior selections over the MagicEyes MMSP2+, providing dramatically better performance, easier utilization of secondary processors and...

It was a terrific action flick and perfect addition to the Die Hard series. Sure, the technical jargon was mostly BS, but that is pretty typical hollywood right there. I liked it a good bit more than 3, honestly. Having watched it on and off the big screen, I can vouch you shouldn't wait for the...

Who exactly is it you think I am? (Apparently, Satan.) Anyone technically knowledgeable will agree that single-threaded applications can't easily be made to run across multiple processors, and it's common knowledge that processors without MMUs are not recognized as legitimate processors by...

Would you prefer I lie to him? "Of course Linux will split up threads to two processors, one of which it isn't aware exists because it lacks an MMU, on a low-end mobile chipset, when high-end PCs and workstations lack this capability?" "Anything is possible if you put your mind to it"? If...

QUOTE Two times speed increase for casual apps sounds fantastic, add to that 2D acceleration, and very intense games will become a reality smile.gif I wonder, will it be possible for tasks in a program to be shared between the two cores by Linux, without having to write specific code to do...

If that's the case, the issue of hardware blitting being the same speed, or slower than, software blitting is likely the result of contention across the bus. Hopefully any new machine wouldn't make the same mistake of putting so many bandwidth-hungry components on the same path to a shared pool...

I have very little available time, especially to spend arguing with strangers across the internet. So if you feel that is my intent, you are mistaken. It was my sincere hope to have a rational discussion of this matter in a professional tone. Hopefully much behavior I've seen thus far is not...

I don't find it surprising that many persons in this community are excited about the prospect of proverbially being able to squeeze every drop of performance possible out of this machine, whatever core hardware it contains. This is the greatest strength of the GP2X's lifetime; the ability to...