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| Intel's new Clover Trail chip will support Android, Linux |
| By Thom Holwerda, submitted by lemur2 on 2012-09-19 21:44:37 |
| Clover Trail will get Linux and Android support after all. "Intel has plans for another version of this platform directed at Linux/Android; however we are not commenting on the platform specifics or market segments at this time. Stay tuned," Intel told ZDBet. |
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| RE[3]: Comment by Gusar |
| By moondevil on 2012-09-20 10:13:14 |
| This just proves the point that most corporations, Intel included, keep having a schizophrenic approach to open source. |
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| RE[3]: "Another version" of this platform... |
| By bitwelder on 2012-09-20 10:27:30 |
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Microsoft is probably one of the few software vendors that can say to Intel "I can bring my customer base to your platform (if you promise to kick other OSes out of the game). Otherwise I'll give my blessings on a different architecture". So for Intel can be an aut-aut between MS (and its court) and a bunch of random OEMs |
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| RE[4]: "Another version" of this platform... |
| By MOS6510 on 2012-09-20 10:49:00 |
| Each time I see your avatar I can't help but think you should get the OSNews best avatar award. It's funny, friendly, recognizable and clear. |
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| RE[4]: Comment by Gusar |
| By Gusar on 2012-09-20 11:14:29 |
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Oh come on, it's clear that by "Linux" he meant traditional Linux distros. And as such, he was differentiating between those and Android. Yeah, they use the same kernel, but the userspace is very different. Especially one critical component - the graphics layer. Android doesn't use X, so it's graphics blobs are useless for traditional Linux distros. Which means if Intel wants to support both Linux and Android, they'll need to provide an X driver. And considering the past (emgd and cwd drivers), it'll be a half-assed driver that only works with a specific kernel and X version, if you're lucky. |
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| RE[2]: "Another version" of this platform... |
| By moondevil on 2012-09-20 11:32:50 |
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I doubt it. Intel has yet to support the GMA 500 GPU, which is also PowerVR based. |
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| RE: "Another version" of this platform... |
| By vaette on 2012-09-20 11:37:31 |
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I'll refer to this post I made: http://www.osnews.com/permalink?... That is, my guess is that the Windows 8 Clover Trail has some tweaks that Microsoft requested that break the platform specification. My guess is that the "main" Clover Trail variant, which has wide support, reverses and/or modifies these tweaks to make them more general. |
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| RE[3]: "Another version" of this platform... |
| By Gusar on 2012-09-20 12:39:18 |
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They support the GMA500. Well, "support". The driver is called EMGD. It does actually work, but getting it to run requires quite some fiddling. They also have a driver for GMA3600/3650 (CedarView). However I haven't yet heard success stories with that one, except on machines that came pre-installed with Ubuntu or MeeGo. |
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| Misspelling in the title of this post |
| By fretinator on 2012-09-20 15:29:05 |
| You forgot to add Nudge,Nudge,Wink,Wink! |
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| RE[2]: "Another version" of this platform... |
| By ricegf on 2012-09-20 16:04:29 |
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I don't think that translating "We plan to create a custom version of this product specifically targeting the Linux market" to "We hate Linux" is reasonable. Creating and marketing a CPU product is too expensive to be a "bone", and the Android phone and tablet market is far too ubiquitous and growing far too fast to treat with disdain. That's where the money is, after all. It's simply not a Microsoft world anymore. |
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| ZDBet |
| By Moochman on 2012-09-20 17:39:23 |
| You mean ZDNet |
| - Score: 2 |
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