The i.MX6 from Freescale

This past year has been one of many surprises, so we will add another one before year end. We are pressing ahead to the i.MX6. While our i.MX53 design will be available for license, too much time has past between chip availability, our first boards and the final version that is now being produced.  We have decided to shift ahead. That is our Holiday Surprise.  There will be an Efika MX with an i.MX6 in 2012.

The final i.MX53 design is very inexpensive to manufacture. It is a four-layer board.  There are many great qualities about it.  Even better, the software was finished last week. It is ready to go to market.  We will be showing it at CES in January. 

We are wishing you all a joyous Holiday Season and a fantastic 2012.
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imx53 Presentation System running Citrix 12.0

from Sao Paulo to Windows 7 host at Amazon.com

We built the presentation system to hold the new imx53, 50x100mm, four-layer board. The imx53 Efika MX products will perform better and cost less to manufacture. Our most recent travels took us to Brazil. It's a big country with lots of people that want to be online and many companies that are interested in helping them do that. In the mean time, if you have not upgraded your software, please do.
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Powering Potential's Janice Lathen and the Efika MX

meet Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete

As mentioned in the last blog, the Convention of the Diaspora Council of Tanzanians in America (DICOTA) was held in Washington D.C. this past weekend. The Efika MX received some great exposure at the Event (see table).
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The Genesi i.MX53 board seen at FTF in June has been through its second revision. The BOM has changed, creating another level of design work. The delay will save us money and time (e.g., long lead time parts have been designed out and more expensive parts have been replaced by less expensive parts). During the interval, we have continued to improve the software for both the i.MX51 and the newer i.MX53-based Efika MX devices. Additionally, we are testing an armhf 3D enabled image.
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We have been correctly accused of letting our blog-duties slip. The last two months have been a bit busy. The Genesi Scrum was a great success. As talented as the Genesi software team is, it was more than fun to see many of them working together during the month of June. And, a few stayed longer, including Luca who actually just left yesterday. The Freescale Technology Forum (FTF) capped off the Scrum for most of the team. FTF was a successful event for Genesi.
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The Daily Scrum gets started every day on time. All are welcomed (we had a Freescale Engineer attend this morning). The meeting time target is 15 minutes.

The Daily Scrum

During the meeting, each Team member answers three questions:

What have you done since yesterday?

What are you planning today?

Do you have any problems that prevent you from achieving your goals?

Scrum is an Agile software development methodology. Scrum is also a framework for project/program management.
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The Genesi Scrum is well underway. The progress the Team has made is phenomenal. We appreciate the support and sponsorship from Future Electronics. We are looking forward to not only showing the new i.mx53 Smartbook at the Freescale Technology Forum, but a vast improvement in the software for the current Efika MX products. Keep an eye open for the latest and greatest on PowerDeveloper.
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You cannot use a computer without expending energy. Rechargeable batteries give us mobility, but what to do when we find ourselves outside of the conventional power grid? This has been an issue we have been working on for years (power2people.org examples). Developing low cost, energy efficient computers creates great opportunity, but the computers themselves do not sustain the opportunity Internet access provides.
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Nearly five years ago, we wrote a blog entitled It's the End User Device! We suggested that in the grand scheme of things, people and their fundamental interests and interactions have not changed. In the mean time, lower cost, better, faster and more, are all words that come to mind when we think about the evolution of technology. Smartphones, computers and televisions allow us to access information and communicate in ways that we could not have imagined not too long ago.
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It is what a laptop should be!

The Efika MX Smartbook has reached another milestone, this time in affordability. With this week's software release, the Efika MX Smartbook will go on sale for the new price of $199. The 3G version will sell for $249 (add your own SIM). There will be plenty of local keyboard and power cord options.

The Efika MX Smartbook weighs less than two pounds, fits nicely in your pack or purse, and has enough battery life to get you through a full day of normal use.
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