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Re: X1000 xmos
« on: January 26, 2012, 12:04:10 PM »
http://www.xmos.com/applications

...sadly not as exciting as a big ass FPGA IMHO, but then a clockport was once just a clockport, now it's a very useful expansion option.
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Re: X1000 xmos
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2012, 05:43:33 PM »
Quote from: takemehomegrandma;677538
A hack to workaround the absence of PCI. The X1000 however does have PCI...


While that's true I think your missing my point entirely.

We simply don't know what standards will become popular over the next few years. OK, we can guess, but that's all. It could be that Thunderbolt will be very popular within a couple of years... or not.

Can XMOS be used for adding a Thunderbolt port? Would we want one? I don't know, I'm not that techie or prescient, I'm an artist dammit. My point was that in the future we may end up being thankful for an option that doesn't seem so useful now.

I've said before that I would have rather seen an FPGA on the board  instead but we have Xorro and Xena, Hyperion doesn't make the choices I would have made all of the time, that's for sure. Only time will tell how useful it really is.
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Re: X1000 xmos
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2012, 05:44:58 PM »
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It should be safe to assume that the X1000 XMOS will be used for the same kinds of things that it's been demoed doing at X1000 presentations.


It's rare for me to agree with jorkany but for now at least this comment is spot on.
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Re: X1000 xmos
« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2012, 12:13:36 AM »
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No, it doesn't have enough bandwidth.


LMAO, at least Piru gives a straight answer. It was only an example however. Sadly anything I think of that might be worth doing is either impossible or better off using USB for (like controlling a telescope for example).
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Re: X1000 xmos
« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2012, 01:19:08 PM »
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This is funny. Just because you guys can't think of any uses for it doesn't mean it is "worthless".

A telescope? is that the best idea you can come up with?

I think the problem here is not the Xena itself it is just a lack of imagination. What you guys lack in imagination you make up for with obnoxious remarks. I don't like this "i can't think of anything to do with it that means it is a flawed design" attitude.

I have decided to ignore Kofters "expertise" in all things xmos and Piru's "not enough bandwidth" remarks and instead sit back and see how it turns out in a few years from now when people have actually had time to experiment with it. I mean, the thing isn't even out yet and you already have your minds made up.

Rant over :)

I feel much better now. Thanks :)


Hey don't bite my head off. I would love to hear of a worthy use for it and I did say that over the coming years we may be thankful for it providing an (as yet not thought of) expansion option. It's just that I can't find one yet....

..and neither can anyone else so it seems.
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Re: X1000 xmos
« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2012, 04:19:09 PM »
It's a fair comment that the price of XMOS is pretty irrelevant overall.
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Re: X1000 xmos
« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2012, 09:32:08 PM »
Good for a PC on a stick with software so that it works kind of like the old Siamese system maybe?
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