linuxbios on geode gx1.....

[ramesh bios]

Hi guys,

I think the geode+ddr that you are referring to is the
AMD Geode GX2. It's being sold in India (typically
together with broadband packages) as the basis for a
low cost computer called the AMD PIC. It's priced at
USD$185 without a monitor and has DDR330 128MB RAM,
10GB hdd, audio, 1024x768x32 at 75Hz video. It's a 400MHz
part, the GX533 label, I think comes from it's
"equivalent performance" measurement.

I have been thinking about getting the AMD-PIC at some
point to port linux on to it. Currently, they're being
sold with Windows CE on it. Apparently, it has a
gensys bios on it that only loads "signed" OSes. I did
notice that Linspire announced that they have a Linux
port for it so that's a step in the right direction.

I'm not sure about VIA but I believe Tyan is making a
low cost integrated board for this Geode GX2 cpu as
well. I'm hoping their price will be less than USD$100
after adding the hdd, ram, etc. :-)

Ramesh

--- Richard Smith <smithbone at gmail.com> wrote:

> > so I can get a board from AMD with geode+ddr? I
> had not heard this was out
> > yet. What's the clock rate on the geode?
> 
> 400Mhz.  Theres the reference board and a few other
> boards available
> google for gx533
> 
> This rev still needs the companion chip to add IDE
> and other stuff.
> But later this year there is a newer chip that has
> the companion chip
> built in.
> 
> -- 
> Richard A. Smith
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