Moving An Embedded Project From x86 to PowerPC 16
An anonymous reader writes "This series on embedded development shows you how to migrate a project prototype from x86 to PowerPC. This initial installment explains the realities and rationale of the project: it introduces the robotic submarines that were the start of the project (and where they came from), and describes the Linux/GCC development environment and the bare-bones Kuro Box PowerPC development board."
You mean... (Score:5, Insightful)
But I quote from the article:
The problem is how to hook up mains, active cooling (liquid maybe?) and designing the external support circuitry for x86.
The PowerPC doesn't have that problem because:
So the answer? PPC has lower thermal constraints, higher performance given fixed energy requirements, and lower part count.
Re:insane really use a Mips or ARM SOC (Score:3, Insightful)
I'm sure there are reasons for all these architectures. The PPC has the benefit of being reasonably scalable too: There are PPC cores from 200MHz up to 2.5GHz so you can develop on one and deploy on another.