Amiga Inc and Ack Release Design Specs

[JoannaK]

Waccoon: Embedded chips use "Whatever memory is cheapest and uses Less power" .. Besides this PowerQiuiccII cpu has only 64Kbyte caches so having fast memory controller is essential for good CPU utilization.

So it makes sense.. Perhaps not as an Desktop computer point of view, but One has to remember that this ain't (and never has been intended) to desktop CPU. Most of embedded systems don't need AGP8* or multilane PCIexpress bandwidth for graphics, in fact most embedded today don't have Grafix at all...

[JoannaK]

...and besides, since the apparent demise of MAI, to my knowledge, no one produces an AGP capable Northbridge chipset for the PowerPC family.

Might be true.. IIRC Marvell skipped AGP entirely in their product range, their newer chips are using PCI-express

[JoannaK]

Poster: Lemmink  Posted: 2007/5/1 16:58:52

What are you argueing about the specs when this machine will never see the light of day anyway.

If it will come out an run OS4 it will be even wore, because that would mean A Inc. won over Hyperion bringing thus the Amiga history to a the final end.

And how would this current kind of gridlock be any better??? There's been no legally licensed hardware available for years.  

You people have to understand that there is *no* legal way hyperion to sell or give AmigaOS4 (without permission/agreement with AmigaInc), so the only way to end this years ongoing standoff is to make Hyperion to accept their partof bargain.

Yes, in the end that includes giving OS4 sources and development to AmigaInc as has been stated in their contract form 2001.

[JoannaK]

Lemmik: That "hyperion gets os4 free"(*) clause was total daydreaming from Hermans.. I won't never past Amigainc's banckrupcy judges. If Ainc dies the OS4 right will be sold (or given biggest investors) and neither case It'll be Hyperion who gets hold of OS4 lisences.

IF ... (big if) AmigaInc gets full source of OS4 they can license it whomever they wish. Be it ack, sony or whoever seems to be like good idea. Heck even Genesi might get one since they have shown interest on running OS4 on their hardware.  :-D

And even if they didn't made any hw lisensce deal, situatuon would not be any worse than it is at this moment. OS4 has (ans will be) halted unless one side gives up.


(*) In theory there could have been (years ago) point for Amiga incs insolvecy case, unfortunately Hyperion should have attacked while Ainc was weak. Today it looks like AmigaInc can afford lawers and with then (and lawsuit held in Usa) they are having good chance on boiling Hyperion for good.