Nishanth' tech rambles

(I am not in general a technology prediction guru.. but here is a interesting another orkut driven discussion: "do we use ARM processor in Embedded Systems? We have already 8085 & 8086 processors. Then why do we go for it?" Some answers: power. Multiprocessor (DSP+ARM), more address space, IO, ISA, power again.. here is one set: 1) speed/MIPS.2) co-processor support3) No. of I/O s4) the peripherals supported by both the processors5) amount of addressable memory6) security options now, my view:(note, I have been a ARM guy through out my professional life). Have ya all heard of Intel's SOC with Pentium? if u guys been following news of intel selling off its Xscale processor family to Marvin, u guys might be aware of this.. dont yet sign off Intel from the match.. with it comes a BIG set of apps... http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2460545479.html and ofcourse.. two things to keep in mind: the next gen 35nm phreus or what ever new hafnium based chips will boost intel a...

was in orkut today and hit this neat document on ARM intro.. recomended for those starters: Ajay 11/20/06 Hi Pankaj, not sure why - something wrong with Rapidshare. I have uploaded it to another location as well: http://ajaydudani.googlepages.com/Programming_the_ARM_Microprocessor_for_Embedded_Systems.pdf Link to the community: http://www.orkut.com/CommMsgs.aspx?cmm=5818698&tid=2499023171415881585&start=1 From another post: http://www.heyrick.co.uk/assembler/

heh heh.. forget abt mot support.. there are "not so lazy" blokes arnd http://www.motorolafans.com/MotorolaFansPHPbb/viewforum.php?f=21 and orkut has a smattering of moto ming hackers(just search for A1200)... mebbe next post might be - I dommed my cell :(( heh heh... calvin, hobbes.. here I comeeeee...

Phew... moved most of the tech posts of old livejournal here.. hopefully will be useful for someone... sometime..wish it was easier though.... am back from Indian vacation and did post a SDP2430 bring up document here: http://www.geocities.com/crecmca98/Linux/omap2430_From_almost_scratch.pdf Also decided to move to orkut and linkedIn.. just to meetup with like minded folks :)