Thanks for the info. Is this running the Eden or C3 processor? I am having trouble finding the info today, but do all of the Edens run the FPU at half speed? I remember the older Via processors did this. If this is the case, the C3 Nehemiah core might be a better bet for PD, as long as fan noise and moving parts are not an issue.
At some point, I'd like to make a nice, solid, floor-mounted box, that would run PD (and maybe the Linux port of Supercollider) as a multieffects device. Ideally, the programs would run without GUI, and receive messages from a MIDI controller.
Sean Costello
----- Original Message ----- From: "Winfried Ritsch" ritsch@iem.at To: pd-list@iem.at Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 1:11 AM Subject: Re: [PD] Anyone running PD on VIA processors?
Hello,
Has anyone here tried running Pure Data on the VIA processors, as found
on
the Mini-ITX or Nano-ITX motherboards? The size of these motherboards is very appealing (the Nano-ITX is only 12x12 cm), but I have read some
pretty
underwhelming reports of performance on these processors.
We have made a soundserver with an epia board (without moving parts,
usb-key
as harddisk) see:
http://iem.kug.ac.at/projekte/composition/linux-Soundserver
Not sure how Linux support stands, and I am also not sure if there are
ALSA
drivers for the built-in soundchips. It would also remain to be seen if
the
they works, but bad. Its good for noisy TVs but not for speakers.
small cache size is a problem - it seems like cache size is critical to performance with MAX/MSP.
performance is half of a athlon with same cpu speed, but haveing an 667Mhz
via
is like an 400MHz pentiumIII which is quite enough for most installation.
mfg winfired
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