The Neuros and Open Source: TI Alternatives

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Contents 1 Freescale 2 Micronas 3 AMD 4 Intel

[edit] Freescale

something like an i.MX21 would be better for open source support.

http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/overview.jsp? nodeId=01J4Fs297349759983

http://www.freescale.com/files/32bit/doc/fact_sheet/IMX21JAZZPMPFS.pdf

http://www.ecnmag.com/article/CA491266.html? filename=ECN20050101ec51ic307_.xml

http://www.windowsfordevices.com/news/NS9645638382.html

etc.

Motorola paid to have Linux ported to the imx family and all kernels support i.MX21. That all makes like pretty easy.

So although I think that TI's dual core processors have better overall performance potential, i.MX21 is certainly easier to develop in a low- cost, open sourced way.

[edit] Micronas

Micronas has contacted us (some of their engineers found us) and we're reviewing their stuff. If anyone knows anything about them, please post information.

[edit] AMD

AMD has open ARM solutions, but they are more expensive and generally less powerful and more power consuming. It seems like AMD has primarily been chosen where WinCE was the OS. Again anyone with information is encouraged to post here.

[edit] Intel

Intel has some high cycle ARM processors (running at up to 600MHz) but they seem to be a very expensive solution and high power consumption. Again, chime in.