The Dude
Newbie level 3
Hi folks,
I'm working on a system on which we need to have pretty decent 2d graphics capabilities.
It will have to handle a video game with at least 800x600 graphics (1024 would be even better). We don't need any high end graphics here but still we're looking for the most appopriate solution.
At the moment we have designed a board running a 200MHz TI DM355 CPU with 128MBs DDR2. All the graphics are handled in software. This gets some pretty decent results, but I'm really sure we can find a much better solution.
The main issue is that we are extremely cost constrained (thus the 10$ DM355). So we're looking for the best-for-the-money solution (the whole CPU/RAM/Flash/Video DACs/... shouldn't be more than 30$ in volume).
I've looked up the AT91SAM9G45: 400MHz and twin DDR2, the cpu itself costs 10$ in volume. So it's globally twice the performance for the same price. However it's not yet in full production and linux support seems still very buggy.
All the CPUs I could find with embedded 2d acceleration are on the 30$ price range, which is far too much.
Would you have any hints/advices on other solutions which could bring better performance in this price range?
Thanks in advance,
Theodore
I'm working on a system on which we need to have pretty decent 2d graphics capabilities.
It will have to handle a video game with at least 800x600 graphics (1024 would be even better). We don't need any high end graphics here but still we're looking for the most appopriate solution.
At the moment we have designed a board running a 200MHz TI DM355 CPU with 128MBs DDR2. All the graphics are handled in software. This gets some pretty decent results, but I'm really sure we can find a much better solution.
The main issue is that we are extremely cost constrained (thus the 10$ DM355). So we're looking for the best-for-the-money solution (the whole CPU/RAM/Flash/Video DACs/... shouldn't be more than 30$ in volume).
I've looked up the AT91SAM9G45: 400MHz and twin DDR2, the cpu itself costs 10$ in volume. So it's globally twice the performance for the same price. However it's not yet in full production and linux support seems still very buggy.
All the CPUs I could find with embedded 2d acceleration are on the 30$ price range, which is far too much.
Would you have any hints/advices on other solutions which could bring better performance in this price range?
Thanks in advance,
Theodore