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Linux Handheld Computer, Pyra, Available for Preorder

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Re: Linux Handheld Computer, Pyra, Available for Preorder

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Post by cisstrd »

SRSposter wrote: post #12
cisstrd wrote: post #11

The site is very slow for me, can someone confirm this? (when I click on "Click here to preorder" for example, maybe it has problems handling the traffic?!)

Maybe its running on a Pyra.

considering what websites used to run on 10 or 20 years ago, today's mini-computers (pyra / raspberry pi / ...) are more than capable of hosting websites and can deal with more traffic than you might think. that being said I doubt that's the case here (though I also don't think you were serious).

Re: Linux Handheld Computer, Pyra, Available for Preorder

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hlieberman wrote: post #13

What's the usecase for the Cortex-M4s? Is it smart enough to off-load non-computationally intensive work to the 16-bit chips for "low power", or are they serving some other purpose?

CODEC's, mostly .. but in this scene (disclaimer: longstanding Pandora user, GP2X before that) you can never be sure just what someone will do with it .. graphics driver, OpenGL accelerator, synth engine, etc. There really are some genius hackers in this crowd - having it onboard means someone will do something amazing with it.
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