vcoleiro1
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The Pandora's main function is emulation. It can also do anything a computer does and run Android on the side. The Pandora 2 should be powerful enough to run Android but that should not be its primary function.takato14, Are you saying that the Next Pandora (if it ever happens) will only be used for emulation?. Given the strong likely hood that it will also run Android , it needs the extra power to run the top of the line Android games. Thinking of the next Pandora as a game emulation machine only is not seeing the whole picture.
No Android game is going to be written to take advantage of 8 cores. Period. It's unnecessary to have that many cores in this device and it's just driving the cost up without reason.
The Pandora's main function is emulation, the P2's functions which have already been talked about to exhaustion including numerous polls, will be a little different . Judging from the last poll , it will be dual boot and support Android and Linux. The thing is, Android now offers a landscape where new games/apps people want to play/use are accessible . It would be crazy to have a device which could only emulate games and not take advantage of the newer games/apps Android has to offer. If you just want it for emulation, then stick with the P1.
Also, as has been mentioned, the 8 core soc in question is not really designed (although it can) to use all 8 cores, the main purpose of the 4 extra cores is to provide a low power offering when less demanding tasks are performed. You really only have 4 powerhouse cores. Will Android apps use these cores , in time they will. Your comment is like saying apps will never need more than a pentium 486 in the PC world back in the time. The more power HW has , the more apps that need that power get developed or ported. It's the way it has always been.
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