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Mali GPU development boards

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Note: This was originally posted on 12th October 2009 at http://forums.arm.com

While there are a variety of Mali GPU licensees currently designing Mali GPUs into their SoCs, there are not necessarily many development boards available to the general public.

In order to provide application developers on Mali GPU-based projects with the hardware they need to get their work done, we would like to gain a strong (and accurate) understanding of what needs to be made available. What are the things you look for in a development platform?
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  • Note: This was originally posted on 26th October 2009 at http://forums.arm.com

    I'd like to see HDMI, DVI, and VGA ports along with the option for a local 8"-10" diagonal LCD panel. For my purposes I'd like to see a Cortex A-9 MPCore  series processor (4 core), MALI GPU, 500 MB of Flash, 2 GB of RAM, and a Spartan 3AN FPGA.. USB and Ethernet ports for software development. That's about all for now... Still need to do some homework on the GPU...

    Dan Johnson
    [url="http://EpicenterTech.com"]http://EpicenterTech.com[/url]
    [url="http://vrmad.EpicenterTech.com"]vrmad.EpicenterTech.com[/url]



    Thanks Dan for your useful input.

    Regarding (graphics) application development, what sort of environment do you normally work in - I presume you start by developing on PC and then port to embedded platforms. If so, how do you use the system memory (incl. VRAM on your graphics card)?

    Do you also plan on doing on-target compilation? (given 2GB of RAM is a non-negligible cost when targeting for a low-cost entry level embedded device, we need to weigh the actual memory requirements carefully) - so what I'm really saying is, how would 2GB RAM help you develop for this platform, where no less would do for instance and what type of applications do you develop.

    Also, it would be good to know what combination of OS and distribution you are targeting... 

    Cheers
    Saoud Moco/ARM
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  • Note: This was originally posted on 26th October 2009 at http://forums.arm.com

    I'd like to see HDMI, DVI, and VGA ports along with the option for a local 8"-10" diagonal LCD panel. For my purposes I'd like to see a Cortex A-9 MPCore  series processor (4 core), MALI GPU, 500 MB of Flash, 2 GB of RAM, and a Spartan 3AN FPGA.. USB and Ethernet ports for software development. That's about all for now... Still need to do some homework on the GPU...

    Dan Johnson
    [url="http://EpicenterTech.com"]http://EpicenterTech.com[/url]
    [url="http://vrmad.EpicenterTech.com"]vrmad.EpicenterTech.com[/url]



    Thanks Dan for your useful input.

    Regarding (graphics) application development, what sort of environment do you normally work in - I presume you start by developing on PC and then port to embedded platforms. If so, how do you use the system memory (incl. VRAM on your graphics card)?

    Do you also plan on doing on-target compilation? (given 2GB of RAM is a non-negligible cost when targeting for a low-cost entry level embedded device, we need to weigh the actual memory requirements carefully) - so what I'm really saying is, how would 2GB RAM help you develop for this platform, where no less would do for instance and what type of applications do you develop.

    Also, it would be good to know what combination of OS and distribution you are targeting... 

    Cheers
    Saoud Moco/ARM
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