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Date:      Tue, 2 Apr 2013 07:54:03 -0600
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com>
Cc:        Lev Serebryakov <lev@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org, =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no>, Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
Subject:   Re: considering i386 as a tier 1 architecture
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On Apr 2, 2013, at 4:10 AM, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 2:04 AM, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav <des@des.no> =
wrote:
>=20
>> Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> writes:
>>> Lev Serebryakov <lev@FreeBSD.org> writes:
>>>> It is not exact so. Some Atoms on some motherboards with some
>>>> firmwares are 64-bit CPU.
>>> don't know of any now in shops that are not
>>=20
>> http://soekris.com/products/net5501.html
>> http://soekris.com/products/net6501.html
>>=20
>> DES
>> --
>> Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
>>=20
>=20
>=20
> I am NOT able to understand the merit of these products with respect =
to
> their features and PRICES .
>=20
> It is possible to assemble much more cheaper full featured PC like =
systems
> ( DDR3 memory , 64-bit capable processors , with a disadvantage about =
power
> requirements ) .

Often times the power consumption is the most important bit, so much so =
you sacrifice speed and memory to get the power down to fit into a small =
power budget. Just because you have the ability to purchase a faster =
machine for less doesn't make that faster machine suitable for the job.

Warner

>=20
> Thank you very much .
>=20
> Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
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