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Xcore86 2W @ 1Ghz x586 system on a chip

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Rgb

Discussion Starter · Feb 10, 2010

I wasn't aware of the Xcore86 CPU-

http://www.xcore86.com/site/

Anything Not Intel or AMD is a welcome sight (minimizing monopoly power and all...)

It's being used in a netbook-
http://www.norhtec.com/products/gecko/index.html

and an open/FOSS iPad alternative-
http://www.xcore86.com/site/node/16

http://mobile.slashdot.org/article.p.../02/09/2138200

WattOS is used on the netbook- low power optimized Ubuntu
http://www.planetwatt.com/

WattOS is based on Ubuntu 9.10 (the current version), with low resource/memory optimized WM/DE (openbox/LXDE) and purportedly min-power optimized drivers/resident apps. Looks like a good alternative to Ubuntu Netbook Remix/Moblin for max battery life on netbooks/notebooks or max speed on older desktops (

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Rgb

Discussion Starter · #2 · Feb 10, 2010

Xcore86 Edubook netbook specs:

CPU 1GHz Xcore86 Device on Chip™

Graphics Integrated Graphics Chip

Memory 512MB / 1GB DDR2

Display 8.9" WSVGA 1024 x 600 resolution TFT LCD screen with LED backlight

HDD SD Card or IDE Flash Disk

Audio Line-out, Mic-in, Internal Mic, Internal stereo speakers

Ethernet Built in 10/100 Base-T

USB 2.0 ports External : 3 ports, Inernal : 1 port (reserved for WIFI, GPRS, CDMA, 3G or 3.5G USB dongles)

I/O D-sub 15 pin VGA out, integrated SD card reader, touch pad

Power / Battery Rechargeable AA Battery - NiMH 8 pcs (4 hours max) or

Li+3S (4 hours max) or Li+3S2P (6 hours max)

AC 100V-240V (no external adapter)

An open issue is the GPU and GPU drivers- they would need to support Flash video acceleration like VDPAU or this thing could be useless for web video.

No idea what the GPU is based on- ATI/Nvidia/VIA/SiS/Intel/?

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Rgb

Discussion Starter · #3 · Feb 10, 2010

Webtop might make an interesting media center front end, depending on GPU capability-

http://www.xcore86.com/site/Showcase

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tux99

· #4 · Feb 10, 2010

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Originally Posted by Rgb /forum/post/18108582

An open issue is the GPU and GPU drivers- they would need to support Flash video acceleration like VDPAU or this thing could be useless for web video.

No idea what the GPU is based on- ATI/Nvidia/VIA/SiS/Intel/?

The GPU is indeed the problem, I seriously doubt it can even drive a 1920x1080 display, but it almost certainly won't be able to play any HD video or HD flash.

Also it has no PCIe bus (only PCI) so you can't use a CrystalHD with it.

Seems like a AMD Geode competitor, not anything usable for a HTPC.

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