For everyone who is thinking that the Power architecture is a dead end after PA-Semi. Take a peek at the Freescale QorIQ Processing Platforms by Family.
QorIQ Communications Platforms P1 Platform - Up to 800 MHz, (less than 5W Max.) P1010/P1014 low-power communications processors P1020/P1011 single- and dual-core communications processors P1021/P1012 single- and dual-core multiprotocol communications processors P1022/P1013 single- and dual-core communications processors with advanced energy management P1023/P1017 single- and dual-core communications processors with data path acceleration P1024/P1015 single- and dual-core communications processors P1025/P1016 single- and dual-core communications processors
P2 Platform - Up to 1.2 GHz, (less than8W Max.) P2020 dual-core communications processor P2040 quad-core communications processor with data path acceleration
P3 Platform - Up to 1.5 GHz, (less than 15W Max.) P3041 quad-core communications processor
P4 Platform - Up to 1.5 GHz, (less than 30W Max.) P4080 eight-core communications processor P4040 quad-core communications processor
P5 Platform - Up to 2.2 GHz, (less than 30W Max.) P5020 and P5010 single and dual core communications processor
I know I'm not a hardware engineer (massive understatement ) but it appears that multi-core Power CPUs have a healthy future if Freescale is anything to go by.
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And with the OS being free where is the money and momentum going to come to keep pushing the Os forward?
This is where I point out that Redhat is worth ca $9 billion on selling services and software for a free OS.
Not that I think AROS has any hope of getting a company to that size or even a percent of that size - like you I don't think AROS has much of a hope of taking over the world -, but assuming you can't make money on free software has long been disproven.
phoenixconsole's media box with AMC for example, does have some potential to make money, even if it doesn't turn into a big business. But not really because of the OS as much as because of that specific application.
Personally I'd be happy if the combined Amiga-like OS's could get to the 50k user range - 1% of our heyday... It'd be enough to give us a steady stream of new applications and even some limited commercial support. It seems near impossible now, but then again so did the chance of Linux becoming a contender seem in the early 90's.
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I mean how come no one is making simple touch games / programs for the Amiga user under use of the UAE if the AmigaOS is the best OS for these type of devices.
While there's some validity to this, UAE is not a good way of judging what AmigaOS is capable of. Running UAE doesn't bring you anywhere near the "real" Amiga experience unless you dedicate a box to running it in fullscreen. There's tons of frustrating things with it.
That said, AmigaOS *isn't* the best OS for these types of devices as it stands today. OS's like Android etc. have tons of special purpose support for touch devices, and AmigaOS on the other hand is incredibly frustrating on a touch screen (no mouse buttons, etc.) - I've tried (well, I tried AROS via a VNC server on my Android phone, but close enough).
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) but it appears that multi-core Power CPUs have a healthy future if Freescale is anything to go by.
