Re: New project

[Mike Yang <reimu%sudomaker.com@localhost>]

On 7/24/22 07:08, nervoso wrote:
> Hello
> A group here in Brazil is starting a new project, the idea is
> to build a small computer that looks like a notebook as Pine64 notebook
> https://s2.glbimg.com/NR0vR3P0x5ZasZ3BjXcIhXn3X0Q=/0x0:1006x616/984x0/smart/filters:strip_icc()/i.s3.glbimg.com/v1/AUTH_08fbf48bc0524877943fe86e43087e7a/internal_photos/bs/2020/K/h/zi2gU3TgWFS91YR4KaIQ/slide-pinebook-14inch.jpg
> 
> The idea is to give to 2nd grades students a platform that is cheap
> powerfull and not tied to anything big techs have, so 
> NO google, NO microsoft, No apple... No high speed internet 
> Linux is out too because of copyright code... 

What's wrong with Linux from the perspective of school and/or the students?
The students may feel frustrated when they're submitting patches to Linux, but that doesn't involve copyright stuff.

And what's wrong with high speed internet?

> We are looking something like the
> Ci20 https://www.mips.com/platform/mips-creator-ci20

The JZ4780 used in the CI20 is already EOL and no longer produced. 

If you're still interested in using Ingenic SoCs, the JZ4775 is still producing, however it's single core.
The alternative would be the X2000. It has 28nm process and newer MIPS32r5 cores. But the DRAM is built-in, and the biggest model has 512MiB.

> of course we will need to hire NetBSD porters to and buy some chips to
> make it 
> happen...   We are thinking in RiscV too but a real computer with riscV
> is too far away, ARM is not
> an option too because of copyright... and licences
> the project is expect to produce about 1mln (1,000,000) computers/year

What's the exact meaning of the word "copyright" here?

>  
> We are in the initial phase of the project, so we need some support on
> how to make it happen
> we accept ANY suggestions
> 
> Sergio  
> 

Regards,
Mike Yang