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This isn't exactly the expansion port on the bottom of an NES... it's a mainstream (albeit new) line of accessories for a flagship product--a $700 dollar phone!
by daveloyall 10y ago
This isn't exactly the expansion port on the bottom of an NES... it's a mainstream (albeit new) line of accessories for a flagship product--a $700 dollar phone!
Since it's 2016, we can presume that this phone will ship with something like a secure enclave, right? ...AND hardware attachments? How's this going to work?? :)
- daveloyall 10y agoEr, I mean.. the NES expansion port gave you a direct electrical connection to the pins on the CPU. According to the "system architecture" document[0], looks like the only way to access the cool stuff will be through a microcontroller. 0: https://developer.motorola.com/explore/system-architecture https://developer.motorola.com/explore/system-architecture
- pjc50 10y agoa secure enclave, right? ...AND hardware attachments? How's this going to work? I don't see how they're in conflict? The "Trustzone" is pretty deeply buried, and in any case it looks like the expansion bus protocol won't let the client end write over arbitary bits of main memory like PCI. Of course, with hardware attachments, you can build your own keystore and hang it off the back of the phone.