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Chui ,

In fact, it seems the processor has changed  now to an arm 11 :Processor： CC1800 aka Rebranded TeleChips 8902/890X (ARM 11 Processor 600 Mhz Underclocked to 500 Mhz) . information from DDU from Gemei.

I've always seen this, before the A330's release. But, in this preliminary test, Booboo pointed that the processor is an ARM926, with 400 MHz. Honestly, I think that he can be equivocated.

BTW, I still believe that the processor is based in the TeleChips.

it seems now, according to the post of DDU :
http://boards.dingoonity.org/other-game-systems/taking-pre-orders-for-gemei-a330/
first page, if i well understand booboo hasn't got the final version of the A330

to be confirmed.

unless they're completely retarded (not saying they aren't at all) the cpu wouldn't be changed at the last minute, as it would need the entire board to be redone, probably having to do things like redesign most of the power supply circuitry aswell if they're not very similar

We have to wait for releasing. At least, it looks as though they intend of release a ARM11 handheld at near future.

I think that Booboo's specs are the right ones. In fact, after he stated that, the following reply was from a user called Justin B that said "This is so much fun being a reseller and trying to get proper specs and then finding out they aren't correct thanks BooBoo for the correct ones...... "

I might be wrong, but i think that Justin B. is Dingoo Digital Usa, so that ends the riddle.


And Chui, are you working in Pcsx4Dingoo? sorry, i couldn't avoid to ask that ...  

(Sorry if my english is not very good)

Quote from: Chui on November 05, 2010, 09:17:31 am

ARMv5 is a slow CPU for developing emulators of modern machines like PlayStation or Nintendo64.

I'm curious about this, could you give more details?

PlayStation and Nintendo64 both use MIPS processors so are much faster to emulate on a MIPS machine because there is little binary translation overhead.

ARMv5 is generally implemented with a low number of pipelines and lacking some of the attributes required to keep them full, optimal MIPS code can be faster for certain things, and GCC is better at optimizing MIPS than ARM from what I hear because it's a more classic style processor. Also MIPS has double the number of useable registers and a few more weird instructions.

Having said all that, ARM is easier on assembler programmers and provides a number of features that can be useful in optimizing code a lot. Inline shifts, conditionals and fast block copy are just a few of the good functions. As far as software graphics is concerned I'm pretty sure I could optimize my algorithms far better for ARM than is possible on MIPS, also since most emulators rely more on graphics throughput than CPU emulation speed, I'd suggest that ARM would be faster for the more modern emulators so long as there is no graphical acceleration available.

the cold hard truth is that gemei a330 will not be capable of emulating any systems above those that the a320 can already emulate. there may be some advances on the ps1 emulator but nothing ground breaking. it's a device for enthusiasts and addicts, not for people who want something more than the a320 can already achieve. the only thing it really has over the a320 is a much improved aesthetic.

PS1 is definitely possible on the gemei a330. Remember that the a320 does not have any GPU...

Come on, dreamcast did it at 200MHz
And I doubt the SH-4 outperform the CPU of both the a330 or the Canoo.
Well, the SH-4 has a FPU, I suppose it helps for the GTE/GPU... But still, that's a big difference... Just look at SNES emulation on those consoles, I guess you know what I mean

Come on, dreamcast did it at 200MHz
And I doubt the SH-4 outperform the CPU of both the a330 or the Canoo.
Well, the SH-4 has a FPU, I suppose it helps for the GTE/GPU... But still, that's a big difference... Just look at SNES emulation on those consoles, I guess you know what I mean

SH processors are crazy powerful things!
This is why Saturn emulators require almost the same specs of a DC emu

Now we are working on PCSX4ALL only for ARM machines like WIZ/CAANOO or Android. About DINGOO port, I would like working on it at near future but needs a lot of work because it is necessary re-write assembler code and this is a hard task. If next Dingoo/Gemei machines will be ARM based, I think that common sense is not work for MIPS.

Thanks for replying the question Chui, although the answer doesn't suit my desires 

Anyway, hope that some coder at some point will port your awesome work to Dingoo