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Better graphics core and module with PCI-E

Sun Mar 06, 2016 7:31 am

It's possible to improve better graphics core and create additional module with the PCI -E port?

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Re: Better graphics core and module with PCI-E

Sun Mar 06, 2016 7:52 am

What PCI-E port? The Pi doesn't have one.

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Re: Better graphics core and module with PCI-E

Sun Mar 06, 2016 10:05 pm

PCI-E is pretty specific to the x86 world. The relevant question here is: What do you want to use it for? The two uses I can think of would be a better GPU (where are you going to catch your 100+W PSU for it?) or for an M.2 mass storage bus. The former is--fundamentally--useless on a Pi. The later would be rather nice, but it is extraordinarily unlikely to happen.

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Re: Better graphics core and module with PCI-E

Mon Mar 07, 2016 12:36 am

Graphics on the Pi is amazing already given it's small size, power consumption an price.

Running OpenGL, using the Qt5 tool kit, straight into the frame buffer is pretty impressive.
Memory in C++ is a leaky abstraction .

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Re: Better graphics core and module with PCI-E

Mon Mar 07, 2016 12:50 am

W. H. Heydt wrote:PCI-E is pretty specific to the x86 world.
Not really, the seperate memory and IO map is an x68-ism but it's not a massive problem to map both PCI IO and PCI memory spaces into the processors memory map. If you buy a modern Sparc system from Oracle or a modern PPC system from IBM you will find PCIe in it.

What PCIe does tend to be is a relatively high-end/high power option which doesn't mesh so well with ARMs traditional low power focus (though arm are trying to move upmarket).

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