Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 5th May 2007 23:03 UTC
ACK has pretty much confirmed that their high-end Amiga system will use PA Semi chips. In an IRC session, Adam of ACK replied to the question how ACK was going to build a system faster than anything Apple ever produced on the PPC side: "Think PA Semi quad-core chips." Adam also said ACK started talks with PA Semi about a year ago, while also promising specifications of the high-end system to be released coming Monday.
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Member since:2007-04-06
Via Epia is x86 based. If Amiga OS4 was x86 based, then I would say this discussion would be moot.
A more close suggestion would be the Pegasos or Efika boards from Genesi. But there seems to be certain discord between them that would prevent such a contract.
The reason why the OS4 does not have a fighting chance is because of the politics surrounding the parent company and the product.
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2005-07-06
I've always preached the combining of AmigaOS and the VIA EPIA paltform. Small, all-in-one motherboards, more than enough horsepower for AmigaOS, and best of all: they are readily available unlike expensive custom hardware. Now, that would've at least given the Amiga a fighting chance.