(06-24-2016, 12:42 PM)MarkHaysHarris777 Wrote: Intel actually has backed off from the Atom processor ! I don't know what its going to mean for the Edison boards, or surface phones, &c.
that information is 2 months old and incorrect at this time because what it fails to do is differentiate between mobile and industrial applications of the atom chip. it has all be cleared up by intel and ADI in the time since the first of may but people who toss around old mainstream media links usually miss it. do the research.
(06-24-2016, 11:06 AM)ssvb Wrote: It is good to know that you have first hand experience with this Intel Atom hardware. Maybe things have improved somewhat in the last half a year since the Olimex blog post.
The fundamental difference is that Allwinner at least does not get in the way and provides us with everything that is needed to reimplement/fix the firmware (which is open source, except for some minor bits). While in the case of Intel, you have no choice other than begging for their support and hope that the next firmware update resolves some issues without introducing new ones.
Pine64 may have a bit rocky start, but I think that it has a much better future in the long run. By the way, Intel is laying off a lot of workers nowadays, I wonder if this is going to affect their Atom chips support? It would be really bad to be stuck with a buggy discontinued proprietary firmware.
there are several posts in the forum by knowledgeable people that indicate allwinner is not as you portray them, read around.