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Intel declares Clover Trail Atom processor a "no Linux" zone (ars technica)Intel declares Clover Trail Atom processor a "no Linux" zone (ars technica)Posted Sep 14, 2012 19:34 UTC (Fri) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330)In reply to: Intel declares Clover Trail Atom processor a "no Linux" zone (ars technica) by drag Parent article: Intel declares Clover Trail Atom processor a "no Linux" zone (ars technica)
Not so sure about that. If they have an agreement with Microsoft to keep some details of power management on new Atom processors secret, that might persist into newer versions, and ultimately hurt Linux on more and more of the low-end x86 processor space. Since they are taking on Android and iOS, I'm sure that this is Microsoft's desire; I'm not sure it's really in Intel's interest though.
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Intel declares Clover Trail Atom processor a "no Linux" zone (ars technica) Posted Sep 14, 2012 23:36 UTC (Fri) by drag (subscriber, #31333) [Link]
> Not so sure about that.
I am pretty sure about that. From what I can tell this chip will sport a PowerVR-based IGP that is a descendant of the IPGs used in those old netbooks.
So it's extremely likely that; The 'secret' powermanagement has more then likely involve the video stuff, it's not Intel's 'IP' and they are not at liberty to make it public knowledge, and even if Intel wanted to run Linux on it it wouldn't work out any better then with the GMA500.
Intel declares Clover Trail Atom processor a "no Linux" zone (ars technica) Posted Sep 15, 2012 0:39 UTC (Sat) by rahvin (subscriber, #16953) [Link]
A widely missed comment in the press about the time the poulsbro (GMA500) scandal was winding down was Intel announcing that a whole line of Future atoms would use SGX technology (the producer of the poulsbro GPU).
My personal expectation is that Intel will be going back to the bad old days with the Atom line. I don't really expect the atoms to do well without Linux support so they will be shooting themselves in the foot.
Intel declares Clover Trail Atom processor a "no Linux" zone (ars technica) Posted Sep 15, 2012 7:51 UTC (Sat) by rossburton (subscriber, #7254) [Link]
Cedar Trail (latest-gen netbook) uses a SGX GPU core.
Intel declares Clover Trail Atom processor a "no Linux" zone (ars technica) Posted Sep 15, 2012 11:32 UTC (Sat) by juliank (subscriber, #45896) [Link]
Right, but the next generation will stop using SGX graphics. Then everything will be fine.
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