SAM and other new hardware - missing modern graphics card slots?

[takemehomegrandma]

A design based on the 8640 (the single core version would be most suitable in an Amiga context) coupled with an AMD SB750 southbridge would bring a quite nice machine:

- One (or two) e600 core with altivec running at 1.25GHz
- PCI Express x16 slot for graphic cards (8 lanes connected)
- 4 Gigabit Ethernet connectors
- Up to 6 SATA 3.0 Gbit/s hard disk drives, with RAID 0, 1, 5, 0+1 support
- eSATA
- 1 IDE channel for HyperFlash module
- Up to 14 USB ports (12 USB 2.0 and 2 USB 1.1)
- HD Audio
- Infrared receiver/transmitter port compatible with IrDA standards
- Super I/O (not really needed with that many USB's?)

Make it as a Micro-ATX motherboard. A perfect little cost effective two-chip desktop!

With the dual core version, you could even have two operating systems running at the same time! :-)

[takemehomegrandma]

@billt

That's at least my understanding. Regarding the ULI 1575, that one is being used in Freescale's "HPCN 8641/8640 Development board".

[takemehomegrandma]

billt wrote:

Regarding the ULI 1575, that one is being used in Freescale's "HPCN 8641/8640 Development board".

I'm curious how to get the chip or if they bought some some time ago and have them on a shelf somewhere. And US$5000!!! Yikes! Oh, another distributor only charges US$4000. Much better.

If I recall correctly, Freescale sold it for some $1500 for a limited period of a few months when the 8640 was launched. Won't help you now, though... ;-)

[takemehomegrandma]

niklasni1 wrote:

If I recall correctly, Freescale sold it for some $1500 for a limited period of a few months when the 8640 was launched. Won't help you now, though... ;-)

Which would be a much more accurate approximate of what the boards themselves cost (though probably still inflated). The 5000 USD will include some form of technical support for developers, I think...[/quote]

I think the entire development package was included in that price. It was a limited time promotion offer though.

[takemehomegrandma]

@billt

The 8377E is an interesting processor in the Sam/Efika range. It has USB2 controller, dual gigabit ethernet controllers, dual SATA2 controllers, a traditional PCI 2.3 controller, and two PCI-E (used either as 2-x1 or 1-x2).

[takemehomegrandma]

@yakumo9275

Of course I don't think one should expect miracles performance wise. The point is *low cost*, just like the CPU's in the Sam and Efika, and I think it could be a strong candidate there!

There are numerous other CPU's mentioned in this thread already that will offer better performance and better features, but at a higher cost of course! ;-)

[takemehomegrandma]

Tripitaka wrote:

:lol:  hell no! I got an SLI rig for a PC and I'm deeply dismayed that I can't have an amiga even close in terms of power graphics.

What would you do with it? We haven't got anything like Direct3D 10 that would make full use of it, not to mention the lack of 2008 console level hit games...