Newbie Question

[OMars]

What is the NAND flash in the GPX2 for?

 

[BobBorakovitz]

AFIK, it's internal storage for the firmware, or OS, or whatever they're gonna have in there, hopefully, we'll be able to store something on it as well, but only time will tell.

 

[Huxley]

It's flash memory so it only has a limited number of writes, which makes it pretty much useless for anything other than OS purposes. Should be able to fit a pretty neat OS in there, though.

 

[Jarska333]

I'd be willing to bet the emulators GPH is making will go there...

 

[OMars]

Is there a possiblity of fitting other programs in the NAND flash............... :blink:

 

[shinneri]

If you look closly at the this wallpaper release by GPH--here--it would look like you can play movies from the NAND memory...

 

[Prophet]

I'd be willing to bet the emulators GPH is making will go there...

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GPH isn't making them. They're just supporting their development.

 

[Jarska333]

Splitting hairs... <_<

 

[woogal]

It's flash memory so it only has a limited number of writes, which makes it pretty much useless for anything other than OS purposes. Should be able to fit a pretty neat OS in there, though.

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NAND flash is the same stuff used in flash cards (SMC, SD), so yes the number of writes are limited but they're limited to several hundred thousand writes per block so you're not going to be wearing it out any time soon

 

[Huxley]

Oh OK...that's good news. So it should be good for save games, profiles etc? On top of the OS of course.

 

[Vimacs]

yes

 

[woogal]

Should be good for much more too. Can't see the OS taking up too much space so there should be plenty left over for installing stuff.

 

[Jarska333]

Is it faster than, say, SD?

 

[OMars]

Is it possible(since it has a linux OS)to install a development file into the GPX2, hook up a keyboard, and start developing directly from the system so we don't have to do it on the computer.......................:blink:

 

[Tobriand]

Is it possible(since it has a linux OS)to install a development file into the GPX2, hook up a keyboard, and start developing directly from the system so we don't have to do it on the computer.......................:blink:

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I seem to remember that's already possible on the GP32 (with a chatboard, of course, rather than a USB keyboard). But do bear in mind that anything compiling on a 200MHz processor is going to be hellaslow compared to a desktop PC at 10 times the speed.

Also, it'd be worth remembering that some characters (the other 2 types of bracket, semicolons, and weird symbols needed for much coding) just ain't on a chatboard because it wasn't intended to code on, presumably. Although granted with a USB keyboard that could well cease to be an issue.

 

[Vimacs]

i realy hope we get a decent half-blown linux, and acces to it.

 

[Squidge]

Jarska333: It seems like the NAND flash in the GPx2 will be standard stuff, so will most likely be under 10MB/sec, rather than the highspeed 100MB/sec stuff. SD is upto 25Mb (3MB/sec).

 

[iignotus]

(Everything above is in bytes, not bits, before someone complains)

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Sure you don't mean that the other way around?

 

[Squidge]

EDIT: Above case now corrected.

 

[iignotus]

No, they should all be MB, not mb, but I can't be bothered to use the shift keys at times.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital_card
SD Card maximum transfer is rated at 25Mb/s, which is equal to about 3MB/s -- the transfer rate isn't 8Mbit to 200Mbit/s.

One byte equals eight bits. Unless you know something I don't...