Tegra 2 (ARM) Desktop Preview
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 7:12 am
http://www.trimslice.com/
Looks interesting, I've been after an ARM desktop for a while. The Beagleboard looked a bit enthusiast for what I wanted but this should be much more consumer friendly. The supposed 3W average consumption makes even the most low-powered x86 product look like it's hugely inefficient.
It'll succeed or fail on it's software but it sounds like they realize this and are trying to ensure it's as Linux friendly as possible. Although I don't have much experience of Android I can still imagine something like this being used as an Android server running an iTunes-like product to integrate the software ecosystem better. Having a backbone of Android along the entire product delivery line would also give a proper third choice to Windows and Apple.
Plenty of Google apps could benefit with local and cloud-based hosting to give that extra level of security. If you give consumers a box and tell them to plug it into their network so a server becomes more like a gaming console, it could allow much easier delivery of a multitude of IP-based services (video, voice, apps etc.)
There are other Tegra 2 products coming through and it'll be interesting to see how far Tegra 3 advances the line in terms of computing and video performance when or if it's available.
Looks interesting, I've been after an ARM desktop for a while. The Beagleboard looked a bit enthusiast for what I wanted but this should be much more consumer friendly. The supposed 3W average consumption makes even the most low-powered x86 product look like it's hugely inefficient.
It'll succeed or fail on it's software but it sounds like they realize this and are trying to ensure it's as Linux friendly as possible. Although I don't have much experience of Android I can still imagine something like this being used as an Android server running an iTunes-like product to integrate the software ecosystem better. Having a backbone of Android along the entire product delivery line would also give a proper third choice to Windows and Apple.
Plenty of Google apps could benefit with local and cloud-based hosting to give that extra level of security. If you give consumers a box and tell them to plug it into their network so a server becomes more like a gaming console, it could allow much easier delivery of a multitude of IP-based services (video, voice, apps etc.)
There are other Tegra 2 products coming through and it'll be interesting to see how far Tegra 3 advances the line in terms of computing and video performance when or if it's available.