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  • #41
    Originally posted by Qaridarium
    why ARM? technically the loongson is much better because MIBS-64 BIT and a 256bit Vector-SIMD unit compatible to the ARM Vector-SIMD unit.

    loongson is were ARM try to be in 2014.

    why not just drop ARM and go loongson instead?
    Interesting point.

    I wonder ARM compares against MIPS.

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    • #42
      Originally posted by Qaridarium
      why ARM? technically the loongson is much better because MIBS-64 BIT and a 256bit Vector-SIMD unit compatible to the ARM Vector-SIMD unit.

      loongson is were ARM try to be in 2014.

      why not just drop ARM and go loongson instead?
      That 256-bit wide SIMD unit is for their server chip, a thing that consumes 40W. No wonder they have no chance against ARM

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      • #43
        Originally posted by Pickle View Post
        Must be a slow news day that random posts with random opinions need to be reported.

        Nobody is going to take that mailing post seriously.
        maybe the tinfoil hats would

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        • #44
          Originally posted by Qaridarium
          you don't get the point you get 128 GFLOPS double-precision or 256 GFLOPS single-precision for the 40W!

          and this is very good!
          You didn't get it: we were discussing how good ARM is for mobile computing and you come talking about a server chip

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          • #45
            Originally posted by Qaridarium
            this is not a server chip! you can buy notebooks "Lemote 8133 notebook" with that chip-
            As far as I could find, that laptop uses Loongson 3A which doesn't have the vector unit (3C has it).

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            • #46
              Originally posted by devius View Post
              Don't you have couches?
              Couches? As in multiple? As a poor student? I do have one old couch.

              But how's that related? Tablets are really un-ergonomic, my wrists don't like it when poking one for more than half an hour. I don't really appreciate touch UIs either, due to their nature they are forced to insert lag (is this a single or double tap? Maybe a gesture?); my fingers aren't invisible; smudges, etc etc.

              (I do have a couple Android tablets, so speaking from experience)

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              • #47
                Originally posted by curaga View Post
                Couches? As in multiple? As a poor student? I do have one old couch.

                But how's that related? Tablets are really un-ergonomic, my wrists don't like it when poking one for more than half an hour. I don't really appreciate touch UIs either, due to their nature they are forced to insert lag (is this a single or double tap? Maybe a gesture?); my fingers aren't invisible; smudges, etc etc.

                (I do have a couple Android tablets, so speaking from experience)
                Tablet + stand + external keyboard + duct tape = laptop.

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                • #48
                  Originally posted by smitty3268 View Post
                  Tablet + stand + external keyboard + duct tape = laptop.
                  Which falls apart if you lift it, is a pain to carry around and to set up.

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                  • #49
                    Originally posted by curaga View Post
                    Which falls apart if you lift it, is a pain to carry around and to set up.
                    MOAR DUCK TAPE!

                    If people can build canoes out of it, you can make a solid laptop. You probably couldn't close it though.

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                    • #50
                      Originally posted by smitty3268 View Post
                      Tablet + stand + external keyboard + duct tape = laptop.
                      Err.. subnetbook, you mean?

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