Arm Claims Cortex-A9 Is Faster Than Intel Atom

[neko]

Will the Pandora 2 have this processor?

http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/arms-cortex-a9-beats-atom-n270-too-bad-its-not-2008/

 

[Mr B]

Will the Pandora 2 have this processor?

http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/arms-cortex-a9-beats-atom-n270-too-bad-its-not-2008/

Yes. If the current Pandora is considered a failure, and abandoned 6 months ago.

Why would you want a device that can be developed and available for sale no sooner then 2 years from now to use a piece of hardware that by then will be not only outdated, but sadly outdated?
With the turnaround time there is on this thing it's going to be more like 3 years, at soonest.
B!

 

[lulzfish]

It's also worth remembering that Windows 7 won't run on ARM so future Cortex A9 smartbooks will have to settle for Windows CE, Android, or perhaps, Google's Chrome OS if you ask politely.

Wow, I guess we'll have to settle for open-source operating systems that can easily be ported to ARM, like Linux.
I'll have to settle for Ubuntu ARM edition.

What a prick.

Anyway, the Pandora isn't slated to get any hardware upgrades for maybe a few years, depending on how backwards-compatible the A9 will be with the A8. If it can still run A8 binaries, they might upgrade it in a couple years.

Right now, they aren't even planning for it.