X86 Tablets CPU's

[Skywalker]

Originally Posted by 265586888

Not high-end ARM, but MIPS...
Loongson-2G in tablets anyone?

Funny you should say that. The new MIPS "Prodigy" with SMT is a far better choice for high-perf, Linux-based Table OS. It has more OOOE headroom than the ARM and has inherently better instruction scaling (bit-wise).

There really is no need (yet) for its 64-bit feature but who knows? Good thing Android/Linux is not CPU-dependent like Desktop Windows.

[laurent]

Originally Posted by Exophase

x86 user-mode emulation should really be getting to the point of being capable of doing this on highend ARM, assuming that the 133MHz Pentium requirement is realistic. The nice thing is that this game runs on Linux, so you shouldn't need any additional OS translation while still being able to keep things user-mode (huge performance advantage over system-mode). Maybe someone should try this in qemu-ARM.

Ha, you make me want to try again working on qemu ARM... Anyone wants to offer me an iPad2?

Is HoMM III now free?

[DarthShader]

Originally Posted by Exophase

x86 user-mode emulation should really be getting to the point of being capable of doing this on highend ARM, assuming that the 133MHz Pentium requirement is realistic. The nice thing is that this game runs on Linux, so you shouldn't need any additional OS translation while still being able to keep things user-mode (huge performance advantage over system-mode). Maybe someone should try this in qemu-ARM.

#include sarcasm.h

Oh, so that's why they are putting four cores in the Tegra! To be able to emulate a x86!

The requirements are minimal, it's all 2D and low res, so if emulating is possible, then indeed "someone" should try. H3 is not free, but I think H2 source code is available. There is also an effort to rewrite the whole H3 engine and to build on the Wake of Gods fan expansion, allowing additions to the game. Started 3 years ago, but still going: http://forum.vcmi.eu/portal.php

[rambaldi]

Originally Posted by Skywalker

Funny you should say that. The new MIPS "Prodigy" with SMT is a far better choice for high-perf, Linux-based Table OS. It has more OOOE headroom than the ARM and has inherently better instruction scaling (bit-wise).

There really is no need (yet) for its 64-bit feature but who knows? Good thing Android/Linux is not CPU-dependent like Desktop Windows.

They need to have the 64 bit support, I mean come on, its been around for about 20 years with MIPS now! ref