Zhuowei Zhang on Nostr: What kind of CPU does Nintendo's new "Alarmo" alarm clock use? On one hand, they ...
What kind of CPU does Nintendo's new "Alarmo" alarm clock use?
On one hand, they didn't post GPL sources, so it might not be Android/Linux:
(https://support.nintendo.com/jp/oss/index.html)
On the other hand, the board teardown shows it has a big chip of what looks like eMMC (https://www.gonintendo.com/contents/41329-nintendo-s-alarmo-hides-a-neat-reference-inside-its-hardware, https://www.threads.net/@nintendeal/post/DA6bL4xSoi7), much bigger than the Game & Watch which used microcontrollers.
So maybe it is using a Linux-class CPU after all?
On one hand, they didn't post GPL sources, so it might not be Android/Linux:
(https://support.nintendo.com/jp/oss/index.html)
On the other hand, the board teardown shows it has a big chip of what looks like eMMC (https://www.gonintendo.com/contents/41329-nintendo-s-alarmo-hides-a-neat-reference-inside-its-hardware, https://www.threads.net/@nintendeal/post/DA6bL4xSoi7), much bigger than the Game & Watch which used microcontrollers.
So maybe it is using a Linux-class CPU after all?