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]]>Oct 4th 2007 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/arm-six-others-join-forces-on-linux-mobile-computing-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/arm-six-others-join-forces-on-linux-mobile-computing-platform/Oct 4th 2007 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/arm-six-others-join-forces-on-linux-mobile-computing-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/arm-six-others-join-forces-on-linux-mobile-computing-platform/Oct 4th 2007 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/arm-six-others-join-forces-on-linux-mobile-computing-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/arm-six-others-join-forces-on-linux-mobile-computing-platform/
YAAAAAYYY!!!!

We're capable of a unity that proprietary competition simply can't keep up with. Let it roll.]]>Oct 4th 2007 6:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/arm-six-others-join-forces-on-linux-mobile-computing-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/arm-six-others-join-forces-on-linux-mobile-computing-platform/Oct 4th 2007 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/arm-six-others-join-forces-on-linux-mobile-computing-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/arm-six-others-join-forces-on-linux-mobile-computing-platform/The OMAP3430 is Cortex-A8 based. The announcement made by ARM was around an SMP core called Cortex-A9 and from what I can tell of the GP2X is that it is based around a dual ARM9 (which are an entirely different ARM architecture and are not designed as SMP).
Oh and the release schedule of the Cortex-A9 means that test silicon (not destined for consumer devices) is only likely mid to late 2008 so it is incredibly unlikely that there will be any consumer devices with those chips in before 2009.]]>Oct 5th 2007 3:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/arm-six-others-join-forces-on-linux-mobile-computing-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/arm-six-others-join-forces-on-linux-mobile-computing-platform/Oct 6th 2007 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/arm-six-others-join-forces-on-linux-mobile-computing-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/arm-six-others-join-forces-on-linux-mobile-computing-platform/hmmmm, windows ce... or xpe on a mobile,... tough choice. full software scaled down versions? I think arm has seen it's day as a leader come, and soon to go. linux is their only hope, even that though, why use arm if you can run x86 without needing to port anything? why report software just for the heck of it?]]>Oct 4th 2007 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/arm-six-others-join-forces-on-linux-mobile-computing-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/arm-six-others-join-forces-on-linux-mobile-computing-platform/Oct 4th 2007 8:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/arm-six-others-join-forces-on-linux-mobile-computing-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/arm-six-others-join-forces-on-linux-mobile-computing-platform/Oct 6th 2007 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/arm-six-others-join-forces-on-linux-mobile-computing-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/arm-six-others-join-forces-on-linux-mobile-computing-platform/
well, it depend what you do. arm for instance doesn't run 3ds max or photoshop, nor does linux.

so it depends what your job is. linux+arm is great for some, and next to useless for others.]]>Oct 6th 2007 9:46PM