Single-Chip x86 Chipsets Around the Corner? 170
An anonymous reader writes "Kontron, a giant among industrial single-board computer vendors, yesterday revealed a credit-card sized board apparently based on a single-chip x86 chipset that clocks to 1.5GHz and supports a gig of RAM. It targets portable devices — not x86's usual forte. Kontron isn't saying whether the board uses a Via or an Intel chip(set) — both vendors reportedly have single-chip chipsets in the works, part of their respective missions to drive 'x86 everywhere.'"
Who's in charge of code names? (Score:5, Funny)
That was the best code name they could come up with? Seriously?
'x86 everywhere.' (Score:4, Funny)
What would it take? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What would it take? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:x86 programming (Score:5, Funny)
You sure are outdated. Today's "higher level crutch" is Python.
Re:What would it take? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Great idea (Score:3, Funny)
Right. Because more gigahertz means faster.
That is a fallacy big time.
One game is to just clock up the frequency and make you think you have more. Put a divider in the middle and I could give you a 20GHz CPU. It is about throughput. How much can I get don in n cycles. For this, benchmarks are where it is at. Pick a benchmark(s) that is similar to the anticipated loads and work from there.
Re:Who's in charge of code names? (Score:5, Funny)
* Luke
* Esther
* Nehemiah
I'm still looking forward to the Satan and Whore of Babylon chipsets.
Re:What would it take? (Score:2, Funny)