Hi,
Here are some details about the HP Prime hardware, for those who are interested :)
Unlike the fx-CP400 which gave us a hard time (easy when you know the trick... ;) ), the HP Prime opens quite "easily" and reveals us its hardware:
We notice the references which were already at the back of our prototype: EA656MB for the motherboard and EA656KB for the keyboard and power board.
They include:
- Touch Color Display 3.5" diagonal with a resolution of 320x240px
- Processor (U101): Samsung S3C2416XH-40 - ARM9 clocked at 400 MHz maximum.
- RAM Memory (U200): Hynix H5MS2562NFR - 32 MB
- Flash Memory (U201): Samsung K9F2G08U0C-SCB0 - 256 MB
- Battery: Li-Ion 3.7V, 1500 mAh (5.55Wh)
In short, a fairly standard and simple architecture around three main distinct chips: RAM/ROM CPU.
Let’s now look at the details ;)
Processor :
- Architecture : ARM (ARM9 ; 32 bit)
- Core : ARM926EJ-S
- Manufacturer : Samsung
- Reference : S3C2416
- Specs : 16KB I-cache; 16KB D-cache/MMU
- Frequency : 2 Modes : 266 MHz and 400 MHz
- Note : Features 2D Acceleration
- Official "Product Brief" (PDF)
RAM Memory :
- Type : DDR SDRAM
- Manufacturer : Hynix
- Reference : H5MS2562NFR E3M
- Capacity : 32 MB (256Mb (x16 device) = 4M x 4Bank x 16 I/O)
- Manufacturer Official Page
- Datasheet (Closest JFR model)
Flash Memory :
- Type : Flash NAND
- Manufacturer : Samsung
- Reference : K9F2G08U0C SCB0
- Capacity : 256 MB (2 Gb)
- Datasheet
Screen :
- Type : TFT
- Manufacturer : ?
- Reference : ?
- Dimensions : 3.5" (8,9 cm)
- Resolution : 320×240 px
- Pixel density : 114 ppi
- Color : Yes , 16-bit;
- Other : Capacitive multi-touch layer
Battery :
- Type : Rechargeable Battery
- Technology: Lithium-Ion
- Manufacturer : WiseWod Tehnology Co.
- Reference : 484461AR
- IEC 61960 Number : 1ICP6/51/63
- Dimensions : 4.8 * 43.8 * 61 mm
- Nominal voltage : 3.7 V
- Max. capacity : 1500 mAh
- Energy: 5.55 Wh
- Impedance : <= 60 mOhm
In short, only documented and standard chips instead of proprietary ones or hidden in an ASIC, which is a nice change from the TI-Nspire or even more from the fx-CP400 :)
This calculator is positioning itself as a potential competitor to the TI-Nspire CX, as we wrote in our hands-on review (Omni topic) and the hardware confirms this idea, despite a slight weakness in the RAM amount.
In fact, some people already think of a Prime emulator on the Nspire and a Nspire one on the Prime, given the similar architecture! (But first, the machine will have to be open to native development ;) )
You can also compare the technical specs of the CX and the Prime with our comparator :
http://tiplanet.org/forum/compare.php?nspirecxcas,prime
Source : http://tiplanet.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=55&t=12821&lang=en
Oh and BTW, we have started a wiki about HP Calcs, the Prime was the starting event behind its creation, so it's more going to be oriented about it for a few days, but you are obviously welcome to contribute : http://tiplanet.org/hpwiki/index.php?title=HP_Prime