What software titles have been optimized for the Xscale Processor?

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What software titles have been optimized for the Xscale Processor?

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11-16-2002, 04:04 AM

John Hung Pupil Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 38		What software titles have been optimized for the Xscale Processor? Is anyone keeping a list of the software titles that have been optimized for the Xscale processor? I recall seeing a title somewhere that advertised the fact, but as usual I did not think I was going to need to retain the info at the time. I 'killed' my good o'l 3835, and now I have a 3955.

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11-16-2002, 04:35 AM

vincentsiaw Thinker Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 431		got the same case with you man, killed my 3835 (the back light suck) and buy 3955 but don't know what software is optimized for the xscale, if any.... __________________ Be careful with what you wish, it might come true!

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11-16-2002, 04:41 AM

daninnj Ponderer Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 95		One is PocketTV Enterprise Edition, but you need to pay $50 for that. The "Classic" edition is free, but not optimized. DanInNJ

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11-16-2002, 08:38 AM

John Hung Pupil Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 38		I just checked out the pocket tv web site. It only mentioned optimization for Toshiba e740. Hmmm..does that mean even if I purchase the enterprise version I may not get the benefit on my iPAQ 3955 since the site states the optimization is specifically for Toshiba e740?

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11-17-2002, 02:35 AM

ThomasC22 Sage Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 748		PocketTV Enterprise is optimized for Xscale processors (http://www.mpegtv.com/wince/pockettv/faq.html) look on the left hand side of the page quoted. As for other apps, I don't know of anyone I just wanted to remind everyone that "optimized for Arm5" also means that it is optimized for xscale processors (but not completely, xscale is a superset of arm5)

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11-17-2002, 05:14 PM

dcharles18 Thinker Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 334		Before you plunck down $50 give the regular version a shot. It works just fine on my 3900. __________________ 2B 1 Ask 1

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12-11-2002, 07:48 PM

topps Intellectual Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 178		For most applications, the lack of a speed increase when moving from SA to Xscale CPU has been due to the memory bus speed restriction. i.e. the CPU is not the bottleneck. Because of this, I doubt if you'll find that many applications benefit from such optimisation. dt

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12-11-2002, 07:54 PM

Kati Compton 5000+ Posts? I Should OWN This Site! Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 5,211		Thus far it doesn't seem as though speed is a benefit of XScale, but that perhaps power is.

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