From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Lorenz Kolb" Subject: Re: Reasonable sound hardware parameters? Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 21:15:09 +0200 Message-ID: <000001c7a225$ae486c20$0ad94460$@de> References: <000401c7a10e$71729fe0$5457dfa0$@de> <001501c7a1d7$68709e00$3951da00$@de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from pm1.terions.de (pm1.terions.de [83.137.96.25]) by alsa0.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E777243D1 for ; Tue, 29 May 2007 21:15:15 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: Content-Language: de List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org Errors-To: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org To: 'Jaroslav Kysela' Cc: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org On Tue, 29 May 2007 Jaroslav wrote: > > Yes, I know about Linux flexibility, but I'm curious what's special in > your hardware platform - or what was the reason to design a new > platform > (you mentioned that main CPU is not very powerful). Several PC based > platforms exist with Geode or VIA processors which has enough I/Os > integrated including AC97 sound and PCI slots for further expansion.. > Maybe size of final product or a special acceleration? > > Jaroslav Ok, now I got Your point. The project is all about being highly energy efficient, flexible and provide massive parallelism (and we are not talking about just 4 cores like in an Intel). Unfortunately size matters as well and you'll guess it: it has to be cost efficient. Probably You know the word "eierlegende Wollmilchsau" (dict.leo.org translates it with: "all-in-one device suitable for every purpose" though the humor gets lost with that translation), actually that's the goal. Regards, Lorenz