From the very little information I've found about this project, I can only guess the eclipsis should be a pocket sized Pegasos. So I stumbled upon this nifty new PowerPC processor from Motorola, that might bring some interesting discussion. Here are the specs:

MPC5200 : 32 Bit Embedded Processor

The MPC5200 is a highly integrated, cost-effective, 760 MIPS embedded PowerPCTM processor that operates under 850 mW at 400 MHz. The MPC5200 serves the processing-intensive network gateway, automotive, Internet access, industrial automation, image detection/analysis, and electronic/medical instrumentation markets. With its successful foundation in the automotive/telematics market via the mobileGTTMalliance and platforms, all markets can now enjoy extended temperature, automotive qualification, and life cycles typically demanded in that industry. Based on a 400 MHz MPC603e core with an integrated Floating Point Unit (FPU), the MPC5200 offers the following:

- 760 Dhrystone 2.1 MIPS.
- 5 stage pipeline.
- Double Precision FPU.
- Less than 850 mW power consumption.
- Low-cost 272-pin package.
- Works from -40 to 85 Celsius degrees (automotive qualified).
- Long-term availability.

The 760 MIPS FPU-based MPC5200 was designed for fast data throughput and processing. The integrated BestComm DMA controller offloads the main MPC603e core from I/O intensive data transfers. An integrated Double Data Rate (DDR) memory controller accelerates data access with an effective memory bus speed of 266 MHz. A high-speed PCI interface backed by the BestComm DMA controller and DDR support enables high-speed data transfers in and out of the MPC5200. The MPC5200 is manufactured in 0.13 micron technology and supports the following on-chip peripheral interfaces:

- PCI.
- ATA.
- 10/100 BaseT Ethernet.
- USB 1.1 Host (two).
- Programmable Serial Controllers (six).
- Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI).
- I2C (two).
- I2S (up to three).
- CAN 2.0 A/B (two).
- J1850 BDLC-D.
- GPIO (up to 56).
- 8 Timers.

An evaluation kit and a development platform are both offered.

Looks nice. On a related note, does anyone happen to know
approximately how many Wh's a modern battery (cell phone type) will
deliver?

uhm

We still have it in mind...

eclipsis

...and here too on the handheld end of the spectrum...

HERE and HERE, but we do have a few things to do first...

R&B

Interesting! It sounds as "the attack of the PowerPC processors: giving more processing power everywhere" or something, performed by captain pegasos

Was about to comment about the "Please refer to thendic-france.com for more details." but it has just been corrected :)

(Whoever fixed it, a direct link wouldn't hurt ;))

Anyway, seems it hasn't been updated for a long long time :)

Regards,
Leo.

[ Edited by Leo on 2004/9/5 19:02 ]

Nothing hurts a project more than developers not taking the time to let their community know what is going on.

How is that?

R&B

Quote:

Indeed, but only the link and not the whole paragraph!

MorphOS is Amiga done right!
MorphOS NG will be AROS done right!

@bbrv

Interesting, but a lot of frames, why not use tables instead?

@Timofonic (did I spell it right this time ? :)):

<!--Web Designer -- Aaron B. Case -- Jan 2000 -->

=> more than 4 years ago frames were used everywhere, that's not surprising :)

Regards,
Leo.

[ Edited by Leo on 2004/9/5 20:46 ]