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Now we really need (non-Qualcomm) SoC makers to get on board with actually making laptop/desktop-grade chips. Rockchip RK3399 and Marvell Armada 8k are big step
by floatboth 8y ago
Now we really need (non-Qualcomm) SoC makers to get on board with actually making laptop/desktop-grade chips. Rockchip RK3399 and Marvell Armada 8k are big steps in the right direction, but we need more power (and PCIe lanes).
- bradfa 8y agoAnd we need SoCs with 64 bit wide data DDR buses. Most of the existing non-server SoCs are only 32 bit DDR interfaces, so you can't use off the shelf DIMMs which limits so many of these existing cheap ARM "maker" board to having soldered down RAM and less than amazing memory performance.
- floatboth 8y agoMarvell Armada 8k (MACCHIATObin) takes a full size DIMM (apparently with ECC support, even). Not that cheap though… but cheaper than, say, the Overdrive 1000.