IYONIX pc


The following information on the forthcoming IYONIX pc
was presented by Castle Technology Ltd at the
RISC OS South East Show, Guildford, on Saturday 2nd November 2002:


IYONIX Motherboard
        All new design
        ARM (80321) XScale processor - 600MHz
        GeForce2 MX400 PCI video card
        Up to 1GB DDR (Double Data Rate) memory (200MHz)
        UDMA 100 Hard Drive
        PCI expansion (32-bit & 64-bit)
        Hi-speed 32-bit EASI podule bus
        Gigabit networking (10/100/1000 base T)
        Technical Reference Manual (to be published)


Case (front)
        MicroATX midi tower design
        2 x 5.25" drive bays
        3 x 3.5" drive bays (2 external)
        Soft-on (computer controlled off)
        2 x USB ports
        Recessed reset button
        HD and Power LED on front


Case (rear)
        250 watt PSU with silent mode
        Power on/off (hard)
        4 x PCI Slots (2 x 32-bit, 2 x 64-bit)
        2 x Hi-speed 32-bit EASI podule slots
        Networking
        2 x USB ports
        2 x serial ports
        Mains in


RISC OS 5
        32-bit with video extraction
        (video now from PCI graphics card)
        Feature set based on RISC OS 4.02
        PACE derived and copyright
        Dedicated IYONIX version
        Long filenames
        Increased wimpslot - application space
        ICA client
        16-bit font manager with Unicode support
        USB printing
        OS in Flash ROM, copied into RAM


32-bit software development
        BASIC programs will work without any work needed
        C/C++ programs work after recompiling
        Assembler programs need simple re-engineering
        32-bit software will run on RISC OS 3, 4 & 5
        Wide range of software already 32-bit:
        E.g. Techwriter (Easiwriter), Fireworkz, Ovation Pro,
        Vantage, OHP, Oregano 2, Draw, Paint, Edit, PDF,
        AMPlayer, InterGIF, KINO, SparkFS etc.
        Aemulator 26-bit emulator available from Spellings


Theoretical speed increases
                        SA Risc PC      Iyonix          Better by
Processor               233MHz          600+MHz         2.6x
RAM                     16MHz           200MHz          25.0x
Hard Drive              2MB/s           32MB/s          16.0x
Expansion bus           6MB/s           264MB/s         44.0x
Podule bus              1.5MHz          4MHz            2.7x
Resolution (16M)        800x600         1920x1440       5.8x
Screen draw             4.32 sec        0.99 sec        4.3x


Register at the IYONIX web site (www.iyonix.com) for a chance to win a brand new IYONIX PC.


Development suite
        Updated C compiler (now many C99 features)
        Licence to use tools and libraries for commercial products
        Suitable for RISC OS 3, 4 & 5
        Suitable for 26-bit and 32-bit versions of RISC OS
        Major bug fixes
        Extended compiler features
        Produces faster run-time code


Development suite (software)
        C/C++
        Desktop tools
        Assembler
        User interface toolbox
        !System
        Licence to use and distribute 32-bit !System
        ABC compiler (formerly from Pineapple)
        SID and Armalyser disassemblers


Development suite (other useful material)
        Zap development environment
        StrongEd development environment
        !PDF pdf document reader
        Useful links page
        Bug report form


Development suite (manuals)
        PRM manuals 1-4 & 5a
        Updated C/C++ manual (updated)
        Updated Desktop Tools manual
        Assembler manual
        User interface manual
        RISC OS style guide
        ABC compiler release notes (manual later)


32-bit Development Suite available now at the special price of £99 (if ordered before 31st December 2002).


Information prepared by Mike Williams on behalf of Castle Technology Ltd.
Contact akalat@kbnet.co.uk