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	kotzkind	2008-12-09 , 22:33
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Originally Posted by Mara

If so then RX-51 should work with either 128MB or 256MB or RAM without any change in motherboard, just a change in RAM chip. (Maybe this happened with the Pandora case too, when the 256MB chips became available they just announced the memory upgrade...)

This could get a problem:

Omaps are SoC. That means, that most part what in normal computers are on other cards or chips than the CPU, but in omap chips there is everything on the omap chip. Also the RAM. When first asked, the developers of the Pandora stated, that more than 128MB Ram is not possible, because there is no Omap 3 with more than 128MB. Now it seems they use an external RAM chip. And here comes the problem: In the n810 they only provided one minisd because of the gps chip and antenna. In the NITs free space is rare.

However: Pandora is only a small project. Nokia is a big company and a big customer of TI. So if Nokia wants an Omap3 with more RAM, it may get one...

Edit: I revoke that. Seems like there are no external RAM chips needed for 256MB:
http://gumstix.com/store/catalog/pro...roducts_id=211

Last edited by kotzkind; 2008-12-09 at 22:50.

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