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Old 11-11-2009, 11:07 PM   #8 (permalink)
NiHaoMike
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600MHz is fast if it's ARM-based like the TI OMAP. TI has an ARM-based CPU (DaVinci) that can encode 1080p x264 in real time with just 400MHz.

I'm waiting on some of the newer ARM-based CPUs that go into the GHz.

And note that most desktop applications do not need much CPU at all.
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