I've long wanted to boost my credits capability and maybe have found one way to do it....
Full story here:Intel readies x86 system-on-a-chip as XScale successor
The part's codenamed 'Tolapai' and is based on the 32-bit Pentium M processing core. Add to that 256KB of L2 cache, an DDR 2 SDRAM controller - 400-800MHz memory supported - and an integrated South Bridge component that provides PCI Express connectivity, USB, SATA, Gigabit Ethernet, a cellular link and even RS-232, and you've got a list of the key functionality the SoC offers. The chip will have security algorithm acceleration hardwired in.
Presentation slides published by Chinese-language site HKEPC point to 600, 1,066 and 1,200MHz clock speeds and a power consumption of 22W or less.
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/02/05 ... s_x86_soc/
I wonder how many of these CPU's I could run off a simple 400W ATX PSU??? And maybe use a RAMdisk....???
regards
Tim
