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arkadiusz.makarenko wrote: Thu Apr 01, 2021 4:35 pm I assume there is a plan to add FPU in future revisions?
Someone else can get the RSI from routing 60 wires for it for very little gain :)
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:shock:

I hope that the real April fools is that it's a real announcement and Stephen secretly laugh because we all think it's a joke....
(Don't know if the above sentence is understandable....).

Take my money !! :lol:
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arkadiusz.makarenko wrote: Thu Apr 01, 2021 4:35 pm I assume there is a plan to add FPU in future revisions?
I vote for replacing the cpu entirely with two FPUs :lol:
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Re: TF1230 Design Complete

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This one hurts. :lol:
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manmax wrote: Thu Apr 01, 2021 4:52 pm :shock:

I hope that the real April fools is that it's a real announcement and Stephen secretly laugh because we all think it's a joke....
(Don't know if the above sentence is understandable....).

Take my money !! :lol:
You only have to enlarge the picture to see tracks stopping no-where and chip legs all connected :lol:

However, It's a viable mock up. Just needs a bit of work :mrgreen:
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Re: TF1230 Design Complete

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Potential kidding aside though, I genuinely can't believe it doesn't have an FPU. Seriously, like. It's 2021 and everyone knows that nothing runs without one. That renders this board, in a word...

....useless.
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Re: TF1230 Design Complete

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TF1230 is entry level drug.. its designed to make you want more.
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Re: TF1230 Design Complete

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Ok so I get it. The april fool's is that it hasn't got an FPU.
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terriblefire wrote: Thu Apr 01, 2021 5:59 pm TF1230 is entry level drug.. its designed to make you want more.
What about a 060 or even better 080 ? :lol: :hide:
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Re: TF1230 Design Complete

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exxos wrote: Thu Apr 01, 2021 6:12 pm
terriblefire wrote: Thu Apr 01, 2021 5:59 pm TF1230 is entry level drug.. its designed to make you want more.
What about a 060 or even better 080 ? :lol: :hide:
There is something in the pipeline even better than an 080.. why waste your time with that stuff... i dunno
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