From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Schnell Subject: Re: AMP on an SMP system Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2013 09:36:32 +0200 Message-ID: <51FF5600.5050008@lumino.de> References: <51FB6EE1.3090708@lumino.de> <51FEC76C.70908@televic.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <51FEC76C.70908@televic.com> Sender: linux-embedded-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format="flowed" To: Cc: "linux-embedded@vger.kernel.org" On 08/04/2013 11:28 PM, Lambrecht J=FCrgen wrote: > The Xilinx Zynq is of course purpose-built for this kind of stuff.=20 > Also Altera has such a SoC (System on Chip). My student also found=20 > examples of an AMP solution with Linux/FreeRTOS and Linux/eCos.=20 I feel that for many "virtual Peripheral" applications (at least for=20 those I have in mind right now), a single dedicated 1 GHz Cortex should= =20 be good enough. So I'd like to avoid the cost for hardware and=20 development of an additional FPGA . > Let me know if you need more info, but I fear my answer is too deep=20 > embedded an away from Linux (when I read the other answers).=20 Thanks a lot for your encouraging notes. I think the gap between=20 embedded Linux and more propriety embedded OSes. > Success anyhow, and I would be happy to read about your project! Of course I am "here to stay". But in fact this is not really a project= =20 yet but a rather long term thingy. -Michael