Looking at the site and TI press releases it's clear that WANDA is a reference design for a Tri-Wireless platform, which includes GSM/GPRS, WiFi, Bluetooth. It uses the OMAP processor/dsp (one chip), Bluetooth single chip (one chip), WiFi single chip (one chip), and the Baseband/Radio (three chips).
So, that's 6 ICs right there. Not a Single Chip, but a Single Chipset.
Since there is integration across the board, there are less worries about spectrum bashing (esp with WiFi and Bluetooth) since they can allocate the spectrum efficiently and properly.
And it's a Concept Design... we all know how well concept designs work in real life.
For use as a tiny, portable MP3 player and recorder it's excellent. It's cheap, lightweight and low power - what more could you ask for with those requirements.
Stop bashing it because it doesn't support OGG, or FM radio, or rechargeable internal battery. It's not what it's meant for.
I own an iPod and it's great for what I wanted - a large storage portable mp3 player, rechargeable, fast uploads.
There will be/are three classes of portable music players - CD style, mini hard disk, and embedded memory/memory stick.
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Gnutella2?
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· Score: 3, Informative
Let's hope that this gnew version of gnutella will be better and more scalable than the previous one.
Points from the gnutella2.com site:
Level One: A New Protocol
Gnutella2 introduces a flexible new protocol to support current and future P2P technologies. Packets are compact binary trees of named data items, which allow multi-vendor information nesting and augmentation, selective digital signing and other exciting features. Existing data structures can be modified and improved without disrupting deployed software, and advanced topics such as UNICODE support are handled in a uniform manner.
Level Two: A New Data Transport Architecture
Gnutella2 provides two interdependent data transport mechanisms: reliable compressed TCP streams, and an unreliable and semi-reliable UDP transport provider. The combination of these two systems allow higher level G2 constructs to take maximum advantage of network conditions to deliver data packets quickly and efficiently, with or without assured delivery, within bandwidth requirements and without unnecessary overhead.
Level Three: A New Set of Base Services
Gnutella2 takes full advantage of the first two levels to deliver an exciting new set of distributed peer-to-peer services. Controlled global object searching is implemented using an iterative walker approach, with selective out of band response delivery and translation. Combined with an abstract component interest/response query model, this system goes beyond what is available in any other P2P platform. The Gnutella Addressing System (GAS) provides the ability to reach arbitary nodes based on a known identifier, regardless of their connection method.
Level Four: A New Implementation Standard
One of the problems facing the legacy Gnutella network was the varying level of support for critical network features in different clients. The Gnutella2 Standard requires clients to implement the first two levels completely, as well as the dual transport providers with some form of intelligent bandwidth control, 1-bit universal QHT, simple search response, basic metadata (at minimum), simple query language, link compression, root tigertree as the primary URN, HTTP/1.1, partial transfer and sharing. If able to operate as a hub, the full set of generic routing rules must be supported. Support for G1 is recommended but not required.
Most Bluetooth vendors have already developped and are in production with 'single' chip designs that incorporate both the digital baseband with the analog radio and all the 'glue logic' in between. This isn't really news on the Analog-Digital single chip designs, but more for the Analog-digital cellular single chip designs.
Cellular chipsets require very precise parts and separate the analog from the digital for good reasons - noise, crosstalk, coupling, etc. This is a good step forward for wireless design as a whole.
I currently own a yamaha v393 home theatre stereo along with paradigm titans, and a paradigm center channel (cc130). the whole package sounds excellent, and the price was decent. It's easily expandable to include rear speakers as well as a sub. There are no digital inputs on this (it does support full 5.1 surround but through discrete inputs).
I would suggest the RX-v596 as it has full surround capabilities with 3 digital inputs, 3 audio and 5 audio/video inputs, 2 s-video outputs, a&b speaker outputs and more... and it's only $500 msrp.
paradigm speakers are great! the best sounding speakers I have heard and at a great price. The titans are more than enough for a decent sized room and more than capable of handling the output from the rx-v596. the monitor series are even better, but you are paying a premium for them. i would look at spending around $150-200 for a pair and around the same for the centre, the sub could be around $300-400. the site has a great reference for matching all your paradigm speakers you would want (fronts, rears, centre and sub)
that the crusoe may not be the best processor in the world? seriously, folks, the fact that the concept adds a layer of software to 'morph' the instructions sounds kinda ridiculous to me. If you want a low power microprocessor go with a RISC based architecture... like any Mac or Sun or HP. Have you ever noticed that a Mac does not need a fan?
Just because it was 'designed' by Linus does not make it a wonder product...
If you're serious about your home theatre and you prefer to have top quality system, then shelling out around $300 for a remote is a drop in the hat. I can easily pay that much for speaker wires. Trying to play around with the Palm just doesn't seem worth it, and buying an "all-in-one" for $30 will definetly not work no matter what the pretty box says.
I came across a remote that has it all about a year ago: Marantz RC2000 It's programmable, has a large LCD screen that you can change, and it can control almost anything including your Craftmatic Adjustable Bed. It was ~$250 when I checked it out, it's probably cheaper now.
I just noticed that they have made a newer, sleaker model. It looks great, and it comes with software to program the device. It even has a rechargeable battery pack. I don't know the price on this one, but I'd say in the $300-400 range.
So if you want a quality product to go along with your high quality system, go with the Marantz, or the Harman Kardon. If you just want a cheap fix, go with the other solutions. You will get what you pay for.
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I'm pretty sure Radio Shack will take your used alkaline batteries. Or any electronics store for that matter.
TI info site here: TI LINK
Looking at the site and TI press releases it's clear that WANDA is a reference design for a Tri-Wireless platform, which includes GSM/GPRS, WiFi, Bluetooth. It uses the OMAP processor/dsp (one chip), Bluetooth single chip (one chip), WiFi single chip (one chip), and the Baseband/Radio (three chips).
... we all know how well concept designs work in real life.
So, that's 6 ICs right there. Not a Single Chip, but a Single Chipset.
Since there is integration across the board, there are less worries about spectrum bashing (esp with WiFi and Bluetooth) since they can allocate the spectrum efficiently and properly.
And it's a Concept Design
wholly sh*t. this site is (has become) such a joke.
For use as a tiny, portable MP3 player and recorder it's excellent. It's cheap, lightweight and low power - what more could you ask for with those requirements.
Stop bashing it because it doesn't support OGG, or FM radio, or rechargeable internal battery. It's not what it's meant for.
I own an iPod and it's great for what I wanted - a large storage portable mp3 player, rechargeable, fast uploads.
There will be/are three classes of portable music players - CD style, mini hard disk, and embedded memory/memory stick.
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Let's hope that this gnew version of gnutella will be better and more scalable than the previous one.
Points from the gnutella2.com site:
Level One: A New Protocol
Gnutella2 introduces a flexible new protocol to support current and future P2P technologies. Packets are compact binary trees of named data items, which allow multi-vendor information nesting and augmentation, selective digital signing and other exciting features. Existing data structures can be modified and improved without disrupting deployed software, and advanced topics such as UNICODE support are handled in a uniform manner.
Level Two: A New Data Transport Architecture
Gnutella2 provides two interdependent data transport mechanisms: reliable compressed TCP streams, and an unreliable and semi-reliable UDP transport provider. The combination of these two systems allow higher level G2 constructs to take maximum advantage of network conditions to deliver data packets quickly and efficiently, with or without assured delivery, within bandwidth requirements and without unnecessary overhead.
Level Three: A New Set of Base Services
Gnutella2 takes full advantage of the first two levels to deliver an exciting new set of distributed peer-to-peer services. Controlled global object searching is implemented using an iterative walker approach, with selective out of band response delivery and translation. Combined with an abstract component interest/response query model, this system goes beyond what is available in any other P2P platform. The Gnutella Addressing System (GAS) provides the ability to reach arbitary nodes based on a known identifier, regardless of their connection method.
Level Four: A New Implementation Standard
One of the problems facing the legacy Gnutella network was the varying level of support for critical network features in different clients. The Gnutella2 Standard requires clients to implement the first two levels completely, as well as the dual transport providers with some form of intelligent bandwidth control, 1-bit universal QHT, simple search response, basic metadata (at minimum), simple query language, link compression, root tigertree as the primary URN, HTTP/1.1, partial transfer and sharing. If able to operate as a hub, the full set of generic routing rules must be supported. Support for G1 is recommended but not required.
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Most Bluetooth vendors have already developped and are in production with 'single' chip designs that incorporate both the digital baseband with the analog radio and all the 'glue logic' in between. This isn't really news on the Analog-Digital single chip designs, but more for the Analog-digital cellular single chip designs.
Cellular chipsets require very precise parts and separate the analog from the digital for good reasons - noise, crosstalk, coupling, etc. This is a good step forward for wireless design as a whole.
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fukken 20 second waiting period
okay... so this is some guy who took the innards of the g3 and threw them inside a shop vac?
WHY YOU THROW CHIP!!!
--craig
i'm pretty sure it actually translates to:
"all your base are belong to us"
I currently own a yamaha v393 home theatre stereo along with paradigm titans, and a paradigm center channel (cc130). the whole package sounds excellent, and the price was decent. It's easily expandable to include rear speakers as well as a sub. There are no digital inputs on this (it does support full 5.1 surround but through discrete inputs).
... and it's only $500 msrp.
I would suggest the RX-v596 as it has full surround capabilities with 3 digital inputs, 3 audio and 5 audio/video inputs, 2 s-video outputs, a&b speaker outputs and more
yamaha.com
paradigm speakers are great! the best sounding speakers I have heard and at a great price. The titans are more than enough for a decent sized room and more than capable of handling the output from the rx-v596. the monitor series are even better, but you are paying a premium for them. i would look at spending around $150-200 for a pair and around the same for the centre, the sub could be around $300-400. the site has a great reference for matching all your paradigm speakers you would want (fronts, rears, centre and sub)
paradigm.ca
have fun and enjoy.
--craig
that the crusoe may not be the best processor in the world? seriously, folks, the fact that the concept adds a layer of software to 'morph' the instructions sounds kinda ridiculous to me. If you want a low power microprocessor go with a RISC based architecture ... like any Mac or Sun or HP. Have you ever noticed that a Mac does not need a fan?
...
Just because it was 'designed' by Linus does not make it a wonder product
If you're serious about your home theatre and you prefer to have top quality system, then shelling out around $300 for a remote is a drop in the hat. I can easily pay that much for speaker wires. Trying to play around with the Palm just doesn't seem worth it, and buying an "all-in-one" for $30 will definetly not work no matter what the pretty box says.
I came across a remote that has it all about a year ago:
Marantz RC2000
It's programmable, has a large LCD screen that you can change, and it can control almost anything including your Craftmatic Adjustable Bed. It was ~$250 when I checked it out, it's probably cheaper now.
I just noticed that they have made a newer, sleaker model. It looks great, and it comes with software to program the device. It even has a rechargeable battery pack. I don't know the price on this one, but I'd say in the $300-400 range.
So if you want a quality product to go along with your high quality system, go with the Marantz, or the Harman Kardon. If you just want a cheap fix, go with the other solutions. You will get what you pay for.
--cr