Due to its small size, Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS) compliance and energy efficient nature (drawing less than 20 Watts with a harddrive and a graphics card, typically less than 10 Watts during most usage scenarios), the Efika was marketed as environmentally friendly.
On September 10, 2007, Genesi announced it discontinued the 5200B and was developing a new product based on the Freescale MPC5121e. It would feature on-board PowerVR MBX video.[1]
In August 2009, the Efika MX Open Client was announced which used the Freescale i.MX515 ARM system-on-a-chip.[2] The CPU core ran at 800 MHz, Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n) and 512 MB of DDR2 SDRAM were included.[3] The Efika MX Smartbook (small laptop computer) was announced in August 2010.[4] It featured a 1024×600 resolution screen, 16 GB of SSD and 512 MB of DDR2 RAM. It required a maximum operating power consumption of 12 watts (average power consumption around 6 W), and came with software based on Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" release of Linux.[5] Other Linux distributions are known to work properly on the platform. The drivers and software developed specifically for the platform is available on the company public git at GitHub[6] The Open Client product was also renamed the Efika MX Smarttop.[3] In Europe, the Efika MX Smartbook is marketed as Efika MX Netbook due to trademark disputes.
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efika, line, power, efficient, architecture, power, based, computers, manufactured, genesi, efika, radeon, 9250, with, 2008in, esperanto, efika, means, efficacious, effective, efficient, contents, also, references, external, linksppc, editthe, sometimes, also,. Efika is a line of power efficient ARM architecture and Power ISA based computers manufactured by Genesi EFIKA 2 3 and ATI Radeon 9250 with 256 MB of 128 bit RAM in 2008In Esperanto efika means efficacious effective or efficient Contents 1 EfikaPPC 2 Efika MX 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksEfikaPPC editThe EfikaPPC sometimes also referred to as EFIKA 5200B was based on a 400 MHz Freescale MPC5200B System on a Chip and includes 44 pin 2 5 IDE USB serial port stereo audio in out 100 Mbit s Ethernet 33 66 MHz PCI port and 128 MB DDR RAM EFIKA uses an Open Firmware based CHRP compliant firmware with a special x86 BIOS emulator providing support for standard graphics cards on an AGP riser slot The motherboard had a non standard form factor 118 mm 153 mm 38 mm small Due to its small size Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive RoHS compliance and energy efficient nature drawing less than 20 Watts with a harddrive and a graphics card typically less than 10 Watts during most usage scenarios the Efika was marketed as environmentally friendly An Efika computer could run a variety of operating systems including Linux Gentoo openSUSE Debian and CRUX PPC MorphOS AROS OpenSolaris and QNX It was sometimes called EFIKA5K2 since it used the PowerPC e300 based MPC5200B processor On September 10 2007 Genesi announced it discontinued the 5200B and was developing a new product based on the Freescale MPC5121e It would feature on board PowerVR MBX video 1 Efika MX editEfika MX Smartbook nbsp Smartbook running Fedora 13DeveloperGenesiManufacturerGenesiCPUFreescale i MX515Websitegenesi usa wbr com wbr products wbr smartbookIn August 2009 the Efika MX Open Client was announced which used the Freescale i MX515 ARM system on a chip 2 The CPU core ran at 800 MHz Wi Fi 802 11 b g n and 512 MB of DDR2 SDRAM were included 3 The Efika MX Smartbook small laptop computer was announced in August 2010 4 It featured a 1024 600 resolution screen 16 GB of SSD and 512 MB of DDR2 RAM It required a maximum operating power consumption of 12 watts average power consumption around 6 W and came with software based on Ubuntu 10 10 Maverick Meerkat release of Linux 5 Other Linux distributions are known to work properly on the platform The drivers and software developed specifically for the platform is available on the company public git at GitHub 6 The Open Client product was also renamed the Efika MX Smarttop 3 In Europe the Efika MX Smartbook is marketed as Efika MX Netbook due to trademark disputes See also edit nbsp Amiga portalPegasos Open Desktop Workstation mobileGTReferences edit Le Roi est Mort Vive le Roi News release Genesi September 10 2007 Retrieved June 6 2011 In French the title means The king is dead Long live the king Efika MX Open Client On Sale News release Genesi August 25 2009 Retrieved June 6 2011 a b Efika MX Open Client official web site Genesi USA Retrieved June 6 2011 Efika MX Smartbook On Sale News release Genesi August 27 2010 Retrieved June 6 2011 Efika MX Smartbook official website Genesi USA Retrieved June 6 2011 Genesi GitHub Page External links edit Development ARM PowerPC Hardware Design Linux driver development OpenFirmware Efika 52K web site bplan GmbH Archived from the original on July 22 2011 Retrieved June 6 2011 The Efika Book Efika community web site 2009 Archived from the original on May 26 2007 Retrieved June 6 2011 EFIKA MPC5200B PowerPC Efika software download web site 2007 Retrieved June 6 2011 Pegasos Support Forum amp Community Archived 2006 04 28 at the Wayback Machine EFIKA First Impressions Pegasos org EFIKA public presentation at EBV Tech Trends 2006 http www ppcnux de Gentoo s EFIKA page CRUX PPC s EFIKA HowTo openSUSE s EFIKA page Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Efika amp oldid 1210701335, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
