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|accessdate=2010-01-05 }}</ref> Distribution will be handled by AmigaKit.com.<ref>{{citeweb |url=http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/news.php?news_id=122#newsid122 |title=AmigaKit Named As Primary Channel Distributor |date+2010-04-26}}</ref> Its name is influenced by the original [[Amiga 1000]] released by [[Commodore International|Commodore]] in 1985.
|accessdate=2010-01-05 }}</ref> Distribution will be handled by AmigaKit.com.<ref>{{citeweb |url=http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/news.php?news_id=122#newsid122 |title=AmigaKit Named As Primary Channel Distributor |date+2010-04-26}}</ref> Its name is influenced by the original [[Amiga 1000]] released by [[Commodore International|Commodore]] in 1985.


The x1000 is of old design the classic amiga is faster and better.
==History==
Look at it this way . Preprogrammed chips and asymetric design makes it better. Which allows you to get the most out of any cpu. The old way or x86 is single access no multitasking-no real-time . A Mac same thing. This is just an old Mac clone -DONT but it sucks. Intel owns the rights to the orginal Amiga and software. This is why nobody can make a real Amiga except for Intel. The Itanium came from that. Ps3 is a clone of that. Look at the white sheet. This is why you can add more advanced cpus to the same motherboard without getting a new motherboard. Its done on all amiga clones -Itanium=PS3. X1000 is crap dont buy it period.

A-Eon Technology is a privately funded company formed by Trevor Dickinson, Anthony Moorley and Ben Hermans in 2009 for the sole purpose of developing new hardware for the [[AmigaOS]], specifically [[AmigaOS 4|Version 4]] and beyond. The focus of A-Eon is on the high-end, with the goal of the X1000 project being broadly to create a computer to continue the original [[Amiga 1000|Amiga's]] legacy.

A strategic partnership with [[Hyperion Entertainment]] was formed early on to allow discussion with key Amiga developers about what such a next generation Amiga computer would need. One important decision made during this early phase was that the AmigaOne X1000 should be a complete system built around a bespoke motherboard with a customised case and peripherals.<ref>{{citeweb
|url=http://obligement.free.fr/articles_traduction/itwdickinson_en.php
|title=Interview with Trevor Dickinson
|publisher=Obligement Magazine
|accessdate=2010-07-16 }}</ref> This contrasts with the adapted reference design strategy used by Eyetech for the earlier [[AmigaOne]] series, allowing greater uniqueness than possible with such reference boards.

Even before the 'wish list' was completed, hardware design company Varisys had been identified as an ideal partner based on their track record both with the PowerPC architecture and with parallel computing. The decision to form a partnership with Varisys had the consequence of bringing XMOS technology to the AmigaOne X1000, as it is the connection between [[XMOS]] and the Varisys team, dating back to earlier work on the [[Inmos]] [[Transputer]], that led to the suggestion of including an XMOS XCore chip on the X1000 motherboard.<ref>{{citeweb
|url=http://dev.amigans.net/a-eon/NewsRelease-20100618.pdf
|title=A-Eon and Varisys Announce Partnership
|publisher=A-Eon Technology CVBA
|accessdate=2010-07-16 }}</ref> This XCore chip is referred to by A-Eon as the 'Xena' Coprocessor.

The first prototype machines were manufactured during mid-2009 and Hyperion Entertainment began the process of porting the AmigaOS to the X1000 in late-2009. By mid-June 2010, the X1000 was booting AmigaOS from hard disk and the machine made its debut alongside the [[Sam460ex]] at the Vintage Computer festival at [[Bletchley Park]] on the weekend on the 19 and 20 June 2010<ref>{{citeweb
|url=http://www.tnmoc.org/36/section.aspx/140
|title=More line up for Britain’s first Vintage Computer Festival 19–20 June
|publisher=National Museum of Computing
|date=
|accessdate=2010-06-09 }}</ref>, with a joint presentation and demonstration by [[Hyperion Entertainment]], A-Eon Technology and hardware design company Varisys during which the partnership was announced and a progress report made.


==Release==
==Release==

Revision as of 05:41, 13 August 2010

AmigaOne X1000
File:AmigaOne X1000 case.jpg
AmigaOne X1000 computer system.
OSAmigaOS 4
Design firmVarisys
ManufacturerA-Eon Technology
Processor64-bit dual-core PowerPC
Frequency1.8 GHz
Memory4× DDR2 SDRAM slots
Coprocessor500 MHz "Xena"
Connection10× USB 2.0, 1× Xorro slot, 2× PCIe x16 slots (1x16 or 2x8), 2× PCIe x1 slots, 2× PCI slots, etc
Ports4× SATA 2, 1x IDE

AmigaOne X1000 is a PowerPC-based computer intended as a high-end platform for AmigaOS 4. It was announced [1] by A-Eon Technology CVBA in partnership with Hyperion Entertainment and is expected in the boreal summer 2010.[2] Distribution will be handled by AmigaKit.com.[3] Its name is influenced by the original Amiga 1000 released by Commodore in 1985.

The x1000 is of old design the classic amiga is faster and better. Look at it this way . Preprogrammed chips and asymetric design makes it better. Which allows you to get the most out of any cpu. The old way or x86 is single access no multitasking-no real-time . A Mac same thing. This is just an old Mac clone -DONT but it sucks. Intel owns the rights to the orginal Amiga and software. This is why nobody can make a real Amiga except for Intel. The Itanium came from that. Ps3 is a clone of that. Look at the white sheet. This is why you can add more advanced cpus to the same motherboard without getting a new motherboard. Its done on all amiga clones -Itanium=PS3. X1000 is crap dont buy it period.

Release

The original intention was that the machine would be available by Summer 2010, but A-Eon technology announced at the Vintage Computer festival that the release had been delayed. An official revised timetable from A-Eon is not yet available, but sales are not widely expected to begin much before Christmas 2010.[4]

Specifications

The specifications from A-EON Technology's website:[5]

CPU

The CPU has been kept secret so far. A screenshot [1] taken at the Vintage Computer festival reveals the manufacturer ID signifying a PA/Semi CPU, the PWRficient chip. Hyperion and A-Eon neither confirm nor deny this, but it is important to note that the 'showconfig' script used to reveal this information can be modified to display the contents of a simple text file, rather than the true configuration of the Amiga. Therefore any conclusions drawn from this remain suspect.

'Xena' coprocessor

'Xena' is a new feature of the AmigaOne line. It is the name A-Eon have given to the XMOS XCore XS1-L1 located on the X1000 motherboard connected to the 'Xorro' slot, a modified PCI-express slot. XCore XS1 is an event driven architecture made scalable by the low-latency links between cores and zero-latency communication between threads on the same core. [2] 'Xena', a single-core XS1, has eight hardware threads that together provide a maximum of 500 MIPS.

Roughly one quarter of Xena's I/O lines are directly connected to the CPU local bus, while the remaining three quarters are connected to the Xorro slot. These I/O lines to the Xorro slot are configurable in software using 'XC', a set of extensions to the C programming language. They provide a low-latency connection both to the main system and to any Xorro expansions, allowing data sampling or custom hardware control over Xorro. This also makes it possible to link additional XCore chips to Xena via Xorro, scaling up the co-processor's performance accordingly.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Hyperion Entertainment CVBA and A-EON Technology CVBA announce strategic partnership". {{cite web}}: Text "date+2010-02-20" ignored (help)
  2. ^ "New Amiga Sports Programmable Co-Processor, Dualcore PPC". OSnews. 2010-01-05. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
  3. ^ "AmigaKit Named As Primary Channel Distributor". {{cite web}}: Text "date+2010-04-26" ignored (help)
  4. ^ "The Vintage Computing Festival 2010- The AmigaOne X1000". Dennis Publishing Limited. 2010-06-26. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
  5. ^ "AmigaOne X1000". A-EON Technology. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
  6. ^ "Fractal Design's Black Pearl computer case". Fractal Design. Retrieved 2010-05-06.
  7. ^ "A-Eon Technology Q&A Session". Amigaworld.net. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
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