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Intel Edison Announced - Will there be a bunch of Pico Arcades soon?

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pbj:
What, you mean like claims $20,000 was invested in perfecting joysticks?   ;)

RandyT:

--- Quote from: pbj on January 17, 2014, 11:02:42 am ---What, you mean like claims $20,000 was invested in perfecting joysticks?   ;)

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Not sure where that came from, but if you are referring to GGG's investment in the new button molds and custom switches, I can assure you that the number I gave was accurate.  Big money for a small company like ours, but the costs of doing something like the Edison would be a mere pittance to a company like Intel. 

Still waiting for the reasons why you think this is a ground-breaking development ;)

Vigo:
I thought the point is you can have an entire computer as plug and play in what would be the same form factor as an SD slot. It introduces the concept of a portable computer. If you have X portable device, You snap in a computer for it. When your device is too slow for the current standards, you spend $50 for the newer, model and snap it right in. You can upgrade your device in 5 seconds flat. That's pretty groundbreaking. Fast forward a few years, and all our devices could in essence be just shells, and we pop whatever computer we want right into any device.

pbj:

--- Quote from: Vigo on January 17, 2014, 03:28:31 pm ---I thought the point is you can have an entire computer as plug and play in what would be the same form factor as an SD slot. It introduces the concept of a portable computer. If you have X portable device, You snap in a computer for it. When your device is too slow for the current standards, you spend $50 for the newer, model and snap it right in. You can upgrade your device in 5 seconds flat. That's pretty groundbreaking. Fast forward a few years, and all our devices could in essence be just shells, and we pop whatever computer we want right into any device.

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Thanks for typing that out.  I had thought it was so self evident it didn't need explained.

 :cheers:

ark_ader:

--- Quote from: pbj on January 17, 2014, 03:34:25 pm ---
--- Quote from: Vigo on January 17, 2014, 03:28:31 pm ---I thought the point is you can have an entire computer as plug and play in what would be the same form factor as an SD slot. It introduces the concept of a portable computer. If you have X portable device, You snap in a computer for it. When your device is too slow for the current standards, you spend $50 for the newer, model and snap it right in. You can upgrade your device in 5 seconds flat. That's pretty groundbreaking. Fast forward a few years, and all our devices could in essence be just shells, and we pop whatever computer we want right into any device.

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Thanks for typing that out.  I had thought it was so self evident it didn't need explained.

 :cheers:

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Exactly.  We have come to the point where swappable CPUs are the only way forward. I'm looking forward to the days when we troll through these old posts in 10 years time thinking how huge that SD Edison card was as it will be a 20 core Edison on a MicroSD.

Especially in my field of study of corneal reflections, where the more computing power in miniature form is critical.

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