New Hyperion Entertainment Website http://a-eon.com/ - The Mystery Continues

[motorollin]

That's the best way to be. Stops you being overconfident and avoids the "making a total balls up without a valid excuse" scenario.

I once sat in an exam and had a complete and total brainwipe right there in the examination hall, despite having spent long and tedious hours locking the subject down with rigorous revision. Not my finest hour, but I hope I amused the examiner with my five haikus explaining the issue.

So basically, if I don't say I'm ready then I won't look like a total twadger when I fail? :lol:

Check check the avatar...

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moto

[Karlos]

So basically, if I don't say I'm ready then I won't look like a total twadger when I fail? :lol:

That's the intended failsaife, yeah

Check check the avatar...

Perfik

[Karlos]

Once the aw.net thread hits 1000, Xoops they did it again?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvtDHH_IfP8

Wow, and I thought the song was bad enough. That's obviously just the tip of the ice-berg, considering the video :lol:

Still, score one to vbulletin; long threads are less of an issue for the server.

[Karlos]

Source code of 4.js, included in 4.html:

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var pattern3=/(titan|e600|8641D|8640D|QorIQ|P2020|p4080|pa6t|970mp|83290|pwrficient)/i;
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Hmmm: PWRficient

Ok, this is wikipedia, but have a gander...

[motorollin]

Hmmm: PWRficient

Ok, this is wikipedia, but have a gander...

But according to the history, it's been on that page in one form or another since 2007.

[Karlos]

True, but you don't think this motherboard has appeared overnight, right? I'm not saying that the wiki article is talking about this particular system, of course.

The interesting thing about PWRficient is that they aren't made by IBM or Motorola and are aimed at low power embedded systems where there is presently a fair bit of competition so maybe the price will be correspondingly lower.

[xyzzy]

http://www.linuxfordevices.com/files/misc/pasemi_pwrficient_pa6t_eval_board.jpg

They both have a compact flash socket in the same place... ?

But I think its a dead end as Apple now own PA Semi.

[motorollin]

True, but you don't think this motherboard has appeared overnight, right? I'm not saying that the wiki article is talking about this particular system, of course.

Sure, but given how gradually they're feeding us the information now, when it's presumably about to launch, I would be surprised if that information on Wikipedia referred to this actual board (or whatever it is). I suspect that information is outdated.

The interesting thing about PWRficient is that they aren't made by IBM or Motorola and are aimed at low power embedded systems where there is presently a fair bit of competition so maybe the price will be correspondingly lower.

Lets hope so

[Karlos]

@moto

What I was suggesting is that perhaps PWRficient is the CPU choice, nothing about the board in particular. The mention on the wiki page may relate to a time when a future PPC processor was selected. With the best will in the world, 2 years isn't a long time from choosing a CPU, ensuring OS compatibility and eventually releasing a system based on it.

[motorollin]

@moto

What I was suggesting is that perhaps PWRficient is the CPU choice, nothing about the board in particular. The mention on the wiki page may relate to a time when a future PPC processor was selected. With the best will in the world, 2 years isn't a long time from choosing a CPU, ensuring OS compatibility and eventually releasing a system based on it.

OIC. Well lets hope they tell us soon

[mongo]

True, but you don't think this motherboard has appeared overnight, right? I'm not saying that the wiki article is talking about this particular system, of course.

The interesting thing about PWRficient is that they aren't made by IBM or Motorola and are aimed at low power embedded systems where there is presently a fair bit of competition so maybe the price will be correspondingly lower.

PWRficient  was made by P.A. Semi. P.A. Semi was bought by Apple in 2008 and no longer exists.

[Boudicca]

OIC. Well lets hope they tell us soon

Well I've ran out of fags hoping to get the low down on the board....Thats it going to shop...need nicotine

[Karlos]

PWRficient  was made by P.A. Semi. P.A. Semi was bought by Apple in 2008 and no longer exists.

Hmm, OK, perhaps that's a dead-end line of speculation then.

[Karlos]

Just been reading up on the apple buyout. Even for apple, 278M USD is a hell of a lot of cash to spend on a fabless chip company just to close it down. I simply can't imagine what apple, having gone intel already, would want with 2GHz 64-bit PPC processors with a sub 20W power draw...

*cough*appletv*cough*

[Boudicca]

Just been reading up on the apple buyout. Even for apple, 278M USD is a hell of a lot of cash to spend on a fabless chip company just to close it down. I simply can't imagine what apple, having gone intel already, would want with 2GHz 64-bit PPC processors with a sub 20W power draw...

*cough*appletv*cough*

Don't you mean Apple Tablet Cough!

[Karlos]

Well, whatever But I doubt they spent that much money only to bury an architecture they have made a big effort to "switch from" (thus representing no threat to their existing PPC products) and since PA Semi weren't responsible for fabrication anyway, there's no reason to assume the product is dead. However, it may well be beyond the reach of anybody outside apple.