[xxqs]

great, this could be useful for mobile applications which require more control on graphics access performance. Like Augmented Reality and such.

Also might be useful for app-dedicated installations. For example, a set of educational games for little kids, leaving no option for misuse :)

[peterpeters]

yea and especially because we are closer to the hardware we can use the special ARM neon instruction set, at least i think the AMLogic chip supports them

[xxqs]

any idea when they plan to start shipping the hardware? I couldn't find much information

[peterpeters]

as far as i know in about a month or so, there is a post Aaron did on his blog that said i think early may or something like that, but dont quote me on that, it was with the post about the preorder distribution

[peterpeters]

here is the post http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2012/02/spark-pre-orders-closed.h...

[xxqs]

I'd say mid-Summer at best that you can order one and get it within reasonable time

[madmaze]

perhaps, they also announced a 10" version