[fedora-arm] A 64 bit ARMv8 Android tablet arrives ...

[Andrew Wafaa]

On 16 October 2014 10:40, Peter Robinson <pbrobinson at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 6:48 PM, Richard W.M. Jones <rjones at redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>> http://www.google.com/nexus/9/
>>
>> The processor is:
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Denver
>>
>> I wonder how hackable this is.
>
> It all comes down to how locked down the bootloader is. Denver support
> isn't upstream yet but there's been a bunch of prep for it landing in
> 3.18 and it shares a bunch of stuff with it's 32 bit K1 counterpart. I
> believe they're pin compatible so it's possible before long there will
> be a 64 bit Jetson board too.
>
> Peter
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The Non-US version of the Samsung Glaxy Note4 is powered by the
Exynos7, which is an Octa Core A57/A53 in big.LITTLE config. There are
patches online to enable all 8 cores, but I don't have the link to
hand. This may not be as hackable as the Nexus9, the fact that it is
Exynos may be an issue for some, the fact that the GPU is Mali is also
an issue for some, and obviously the price difference is also an issue
for some. I'm not saying it's perfect, but it does provide another
option.

More info on the Exynos 7 -
https://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/minisite/Exynos/w/solution.html#?v=7octa