[hpsdr] Intel ATOM WHOOAAAAA Nellie (fwd)

[Sid Boyce]

On 09/03/10 18:38, Andrea Montefusco wrote:
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> John Koster wrote:
>> Has anyone evaluated one of the Atom330/Nvidia ION mITX boards yet? 
>> Any recommendations?
> 
> I have both kind: the old Atom330 Intel chipset (Little Falls from Intel)
> and the Atom330 (ION chipset) from Zotac.
> From a Linux user point of view, before Ubuntu 9.10/Fedora12 I would have
> suggested the second one, mainly for video performance reasons,
> but with the newest Xorg the Intel 945/965 shines too.
> Of course, the ION chipset is very interesting if some DSP code GPU-aware
> is developed.
> For all user (Lin and Win): the Zotac board has 802.11 hardware (as
> option) on board
> and an external SATA connector.
> Both are available with single voltage DC power supply.
> 
>    73  *am*
> 
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I am just about to burn a CD for Kubuntu 9.10 to install on the Zotac I
received today. From the specs I anticipated it would be no problem.
Glad to see some positive reports.
73 ... Sid.
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