Partnership: Olimex TERES "DIY Laptop"?
JC
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Referencing this thread:
https://www.olimex.com/forum/index.php?topic=6074.0
Global moderator LubOlimex comments:
"I'll be honest: forget about it for now. It has nothing to do with money or interest. Just there is not such a chip that we can purchase. It is not commercially available. Even if there was such chip, it wouldn't be suitable for a laptop-like experience. What is the state of the open software support? Are there video drivers available?"
Is this accurate?
Phil H Fri 4 May 2018 6:50AM
Looking at the U540:
* chip which is powerful enough to run Linux ✔
* address decent amount of RAM like 2-4GB ✔
* Has Linux Kernel support ✔
* can be purchased in sane quantities 😐
Or did I miss something?
pacav Fri 4 May 2018 7:47AM
quote ... can be purchased in sane quantities. unquote is that 'some' instead of 'sane as in a few, sure we can do that. What a nice chap going to all that trouble and doing a lot of hard work just to sell some boards, He should book a seat on the highway to heaven.
Or did he mean insane as in crazy to buy a board for USD$3000 in lots of 1,000 just so he can cover his mistress's trip to jamica. :)
JC Fri 4 May 2018 5:37PM
@palmerdabbelt can likely elaborate on what entails a minimum reasonable quantity. Until then, I can do some searching and update this message once I find out.
JC Fri 1 Jun 2018 12:32AM
FYI.. Tsvetan from Olimex is asking about the SiFive FU540.
JC · Fri 4 May 2018 5:48AM
From Olimex:
"I confirm, we can easily re-design TERES main board to use any chip.
What we need is chip which is powerful enough to run Linux and address decent amount of RAM like 2-4GB.
Has Linux Kernel support and can be purchased in sane quantities.
Unless the above conditions are met we can't do much about it. Otherwise it's matter of 2-3 months PCB work."
Source: https://www.olimex.com/forum/index.php?topic=6074.0