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After considerable debate and discussion, the decision was made to use the TI DM320 and Linux as the platform for the N3.

The primary reasons for this were

  • Substantial price/performance benefits of the processor
  • Substantial programing benefits of the Linux/ARM9 architecture, can recruit more application developers
  • Compatibility of platform with other Neuros devices
  • Substantial processing power of the ARM core of the processor obviates the need for DSP programming for most, if not all, audio tasks.
  • Video capabilities still considered a nice to have in an MP3 player
  • The increasing power of portable devices points to a movement towards more PC like architectures in the future, so this architecture will position us well to capitalize on new hardware improvements.

There is considerable discussion of this in the IRC logs and on OdNA and here: N3 architecture background

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