Snapdragon Smartbooks - ARM-based designs expected late 2009

[raffy]

The big problem about ARM in laptops - that there is no single mass-supported design - seems solved with the entry of Qualcomm and its Snapdragon processors:
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2009/06/02/2003445177


View these example designs at the ongoing Computex (Taiwan).

Intel and MS are the two entities noticeably excluded from the Snapdragon products. Asus with its eee is still playing...

More about the Snapdragon platform:
http://www.qctconnect.com/products/snapdragon.html

[raffy]

Interview with Qualcomm COO Dr. Sanjay Jha:
http://gigaom.com/2008/04/02/qualcom-coo-sanjay-jha-interview/

We have a 1 GHz processor that runs at 500 mW. It is designed into 15 devices. Those devices are pocket-sized portable computers with 4-inch to 5-inch screens that will have a long battery life, broadband access and a fast processor that can surf the web and download attachments.

We see mCommerce, where you can pay for things using your mobile phone; location-based services; and downloading content as being up-and-coming services...

We will partner with providers, but want to provide an integrated platform on which to deliver those services.

[raffy]

Qualcomm is hiring Linux developers for its California teams:
http://jobs.qualcomm.com/staffing/Staffing.asp?page=search_detail&reqid=1836536

We are looking for talented, motivated, and experienced Linux engineers. Your role is to integrate, optimize, design, and develop Linux open-source software to run optimally and power efficiently on Qualcomm's Snapdragon line of chips.

[Sage]

ARMedslack is back.

[raffy]

Thanks for the info, Sage. Look here: http://www.armedslack.org/

ARMedslack is the official port of the Slackware® Linux distribution to the ARM architecture...

ARMedslack officially supports two platforms: ARM Versatile platform (via the QEMU emulator) and the Marvell SheevaPlug.