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Idea
#6689: Add Intel Atom to supported architectures
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Written by StefanHamminga the 9 Apr 08 at 09:58.
Category: Hardware support.
Related to:
Nothing/Others.
Status: New
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Description
The Intel Atom series CPUs are expected to sell in millions and being the first mainstream distro to be fully optimized for it can give Ubuntu a huge headstart in usability and marketshare for mobile PC and dominestic applicances markets (think Asustek EEE like laptops, Blu-Ray players, HDTVs, domotica).
The reason for a different architecture type, instead of the generic 32-bit x86 architecture is offcourse that all sortware can be compiled and optimized for the (in order) Atom CPU, offering better performance, while keeping the huge amount of software available in the Ubuntu repo's (they could use a i386 fallback system).
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cosmotroll wrote on the 9 Apr 08 at 20:46
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Intel Atom CPUs seem well suited for a terminal-oriented machine, the scope of LTSP :)
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Xan wrote on the 11 Apr 08 at 19:26
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Not, the next Asus Eee pc will have it.
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Abra_Kadabra wrote on the 9 Sep 08 at 22:27
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We need support for Asus EEE PC H1000
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nitrofurano wrote on the 9 Sep 08 at 22:31
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is not Atom an i386 platform?
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Abra_Kadabra wrote on the 9 Sep 08 at 22:36
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> is not Atom an i386 platform?
Yes, it is x86 compatible processor. But... it has some new power-saving modes and other features. They are unique and have no analogues in other Intel Processors.
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 Alan Pope (Ubuntu Developer) wrote on the 11 Sep 08 at 11:27
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You don't need a whole CPU architecture to implement power saving in a CPU. This can easily be implemented in existing kernel functionality.
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