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OT: Re: Kicad support for Linux on PPC

 

Sorry, for getting OT, but...

On 18/02/2019 10.48, Jean-Samuel Reynaud wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> According to the user that push to me that patch (Gianluca Renzi, a user
> of the https://www.powerpc-notebook.org/ project), It's working
> correctly and 3D look to be fast. So I assume that it's correct in term
> of OpenGL configuration...

...the project is using an QorIQ T2080 Communication Processor from NXP (formerly Freescale).
These chips are great (well, for networking) and even on the 15years longetivity roadmap, but there are rumors that there will be no more new Power Architecture CPUs from this corner.

Regards,

Clemens


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