Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, the electronics still came from Jenoptik who wrote the new firmware again. They used two DSPs instead of one. Keep in mind that there is a lot more data to handle and also the M9 was a lower risk project done while the S2 was occupying their resources. Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 16 March 2010 09:53, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote: > If I remember correctly, it uses two of the same CPU as in the M8. > > One question at launch was how it doesn't use the Maestro CPU as in the S2 > and the answer was that using the same M8 CPU would simplify writing of the > firmware. > > On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at earthlink.net > >wrote: > > > I do not own an M9... I have an M8... so please excuse the basic > > question.... > > > > Does the M9 have a dual processor? Is this different to the M8 guts? > > Is the processor different from the M8 processor? > > > > Thanks.... > > > > Frank Filippone > > red735i at earthlink.net > > > > The smooth zooming is great. All this means is that the dual CPU does > have > > enough power to handle the data processing needs, just that the prior > > firmware wasn't optimized. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> blog: < > http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> > // portfolio: <http://www.imagecraft.com/pub/PICS/AnotherCalifornia2> > // mailing lists: <http://www.imagecraft.com/contact.html> > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous > replies in your msgs. ] > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >