Re: Old platforms: bring out your dead

William Breathitt Gray
2021-01-15T00:26:08Z

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On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 01:03:14AM +0100, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote:
> On Wed, 2021-01-13 at 14:21 +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> [...]
> > WRT x86 I run the search
> > https://pc104.org/product-search-results/?kw=x86&post_tag=&product_type=&specifications=&pc-bus-technology=&user=Filter+by+Member+Company
> > seems like all of them are based on Vortex86DX.
>
> There are some real/true PC104 boards left -
> still in production - with boards (though
> they tend to loose features like
> "memory-mapping over the ISA-bus").
>
> One is a - according to /proc/cpuinfo - a
> "Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU E3825 @ 1.33GHz".
>
> Sry, I cannot get the product name.
>
> MfG,
> BErnd
> --
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That's part of the Bay Trail generation isn't it? Are those processors
still manufactured? My worry is that although there are boards still in
production, they might be simply using up an old stock of parts. The
question becomes whether these will still be produced in the near
future, or whether the companies are just using up the rest of their
supply.

William Breathitt Gray

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