| Title: | Hudson VLSI |
| Notice: | For Digital Chip Data - CHIPBZ::PRODUCTION$:[DS_INFO...] |
| Moderator: | RICKS::PHIPPS |
| Created: | Wed Feb 12 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 701 |
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Hi: We have a customer who are interested using Strongarm chip on their switch. They have the follwoing questions on the review stage: 1. How the strongarm chip compatable to Intel X86 ? 2. Can we run Window CE on strongarm ? 3. How many O/S we support now on strongarm ? Sorry for the entry level questions and thanks for your reply. Regards, Hua-Hsin Ma GuangZhou branch PRC [Posted by WWW Notes gateway]
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| 689.1 | TALLIS::GORTON | Tue May 06 1997 11:32 | 32 | ||
>1. How the strongarm chip compatable to Intel X86 ?
It's not compatable with the x86 - it's much better:
- It costs a lot less ($50 for 200Mhz)
- It has a high clock speed
- It consumes very little power
It is designed to be used as an embedded processor, where
cost and power consumption are important design factors.
>2. Can we run Window CE on strongarm ?
Not currently, but support for it has been announced, and I
believe that work is underway to make this happen.
See http://www.digital.com/semiconductor/press.htm#strongarm
>3. How many O/S we support now on strongarm ?
I don't know the current number, but I know that the list includes
VxWorks, pSOS, RiscOS, Newton OS, JavaOS, NetBSD, Oracle NCOS,
Linux, WinCE. I also believe that there are more operating systems
being ported to StrongARM.
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If their application is a data switch, I suggest you contact
Doug Carrigan (carrigan@pa.dec.com) in Palo Alto, CA.
I hope this helps,
Rick
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| 689.2 | YIELD::HARRIS | Tue May 06 1997 13:19 | 10 | ||
Note 689.1 by TALLIS::GORTON
Linux on StrongARM:
- Is there a platform avaiable to consumers, if so any pointers?
- Any performance information?
-Bruce
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| 689.3 | Dave Rusling | TALLIS::GORTON | Tue May 06 1997 15:01 | 9 | |
Re: .2
>- Is there a platform avaiable to consumers, if so any pointers?
>- Any performance information?
The platform for the Linux port was the EBSA-110 board, try
Dave Rusling in Reading, UK. I have no idea about the performance
levels.
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