Linked by Jordan Spencer Cunningham on Tue 1st Sep 2009 18:29 UTC, submitted by James
"US-based company Genesi, which builds ARM Cortex-powered appliances that could be compatible with the RISC OS Open Beagleboard work, is said to be in talks with RISC OS companies over a possible port of the OS to its products. It's hoped ROS 5 could be made to run on the lightweight EFIKA MX Open Client, which sports a 800MHz Cortex-A8 processor, 3D graphics hardware, 512M RAM, wifi networking and more. Genesi analyst Matt Sealey said: 'RISC OS is really popular in the UK and the last dedicated RISC OS box - the Iyonix - has been discontinued for six months. We are currently questioning the relevant companies in the UK, including [ROS 5 owners] Castle, about collaboration and marketing efforts, and the support they'd need to make it a reality.'"
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Cortex-A8 processor, 3D graphics hardware, 512M RAM, wifi
Sounds like the upcoming Nokia N900 hardware.
Sounds like the upcoming Nokia N900 hardware.
Saying a device with Cortex-A8 processor, 3D graphics hardware, 512M RAM, wifi, is like saying a car with an internal combustion engine, wheels and windows.
Cortex-A8 is licensed by a lot of companies.
Edit: There are more ARM hardware implementations than Intel's x84. Very little of those can be called "the same hardware"
Edited 2009-09-01 20:23 UTC
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Cortex-A8 processor, 3D graphics hardware, 512M RAM, wifi
Sounds like the upcoming Nokia N900 hardware.