Difference between revisions of "Migrating from x86 architecture to Naon"

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Computational power achievable by system-on-chips built around Cortex-A8 processor make them appealing solution for several applications that historically have been implemented on x86-based processors.
 
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[[File:Naon-bd.png|300px|thumbnail|center|Naon SOM architecture]]
 
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==Where is the BIOS?==
 
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Revision as of 10:17, 15 June 2012

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Computational power achievable by system-on-chips built around Cortex-A8 processor make them appealing solution for several applications that historically have been implemented on x86-based processors.

This article, written as a list of commonly asked questions, aims to help system integrators and developers who are used to work on x86-based machines to make a sort of comparison between these two different approaches.

Following images show simplified block diagram of x86-based PC-like architecture and Naon architecture.

x86-based PC-like architecture
Naon SOM architecture

This image shows in detail internal architecture of DM8148 digital media processor.

Naon SOM architecture

Where is the BIOS?[edit | edit source]

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What about GPU?[edit | edit source]

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