Pepperpad 3 (us) / Carrypad (eu) Umpc


looks cool ! I bet they could get better battery life by underclocking the device as well, or using a different processor. I wonder how fast would a ARM processor of similar speed run compared to that AMD chip, I always wondered this would the ARM processor be able to have more processing power than a similar x86 chip of the same frequency?
 
DBH posted on Oct 23 2006 at 06:17 PM said:
looks cool ! I bet they could get better battery life by underclocking the device as well, or using a different processor. I wonder how fast would a ARM processor of similar speed run compared to that AMD chip, I always wondered this would the ARM processor be able to have more processing power than a similar x86 chip of the same frequency?

Lets hold our breath and wait for epicenter.
 
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DBH posted on Oct 24 2006 at 09:17 AM said:
looks cool ! I bet they could get better battery life by underclocking the device as well, or using a different processor. I wonder how fast would a ARM processor of similar speed run compared to that AMD chip, I always wondered this would the ARM processor be able to have more processing power than a similar x86 chip of the same frequency?

There are a few comparisons between the PP2 and PP3. PP2 uses intel ARM at 500mhz or near by.

With the same memory and HDD speed, the GUI is instant rather then laggy.

The CPU only uses 1 watt, so the 2 hour battery life is probably todo with the screen or smaller battery.

Alchamy at about the same speed would be half a watt, and I have no idea how little the new via CPUs are.

oh, this guy used it as a webserver for carrypad.com. It used 8 watt. I guess the screen was off. But still quite a lot. 8 times for then the CPU for the main board and HDD.
 
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fluffyhamster posted on Oct 23 2006 at 08:07 PM said:
DBH posted on Oct 23 2006 at 06:17 PM said:
looks cool ! I bet they could get better battery life by underclocking the device as well, or using a different processor. I wonder how fast would a ARM processor of similar speed run compared to that AMD chip, I always wondered this would the ARM processor be able to have more processing power than a similar x86 chip of the same frequency?

Lets hold our breath and wait for epicenter.
First DaveC, now Epicenter? Come on guys, they just want to express their opinions and some facts about this stuff...
 
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Ok wait a minute, can you add linux apps and emus and stuff, or can you only use the provide 11 apps? I would sure consider getting it if it's completely opensource, actually I think it does have a free sdk on the site...
 
OMars posted on Oct 24 2006 at 07:07 PM said:
Ok wait a minute, can you add linux apps and emus and stuff, or can you only use the provide 11 apps? I would sure consider getting it if it's completely opensource, actually I think it does have a free sdk on the site...

my impression was that you could make your own apps for it...
 
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DBH posted on Oct 24 2006 at 05:10 PM said:
Wait.. what?? Epicenter got bansticked as well ??

"WHAT THE QWAI ?!?!" :blink: :ph34r:
banstickied? What is that supposed to mean?

If the system were ARM-based it wouldn't be nearly as fast, in all likelihood, but with a good, high-clocked AFP9 Vector FPU it would be reasonably competetive. It would use MUCH less power, though, 1 watt is still 'a lot' on batteries. ARM chips usually stay in the thousandths-of-a-watt territory. VIA chips, I wouldn't opt for one of those since they still use a LOT more power than ARM processors, emit considerable heat (even though they can run without a sink it is ill-advised), and their performance isn't very good even at speeds like 1000 MHz.. think 400-600 MHz P2/P3 Celeron territory.
 
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