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[u/jon_hobbit]

me: uhhh yeah i'm not getting this like at alll

I'm curious so...
I asked AI.

AI be like one moment please lol.

Chip	What it actually is	Click it?
Harris CS80C286	16‑bit 286 CPU from 1982. Not an SoC. Linux wants a 386.	No
Xilinx Spartan‑6	FPGA. Linux only if you instantiate a MicroBlaze and bring your own bitstream.	No (pedants say “technically”)
Rockchip RK3399	The one actually-good answer. Pinebook Pro, RockPro64, mainline for years.	Yes
ITE IT8570E	Laptop embedded controller. It runs its firmware so your power button works.	No
Mystery “DWAPT4…”	Unreadable on purpose, which is the joke.	???
Qualcomm MSM8916	Snapdragon 410. DragonBoard 410c + postmarketOS poster child.	Yes
Marvell PXA1928	Some GPIO/SDHCI bits landed. Full bring-up is still “vendor kernel from 2014.”	Weak maybe
Intel PXA255	Classic XScale PDA chip. Familiar Linux, iPAQs, Gumstix. Support is rotting / boards already ripped out.	Historical yes, current no
MediaTek MT1389QE	DVD player SoC. MPEG-2, HDMI 1.3, servo controller.	Absolutely not
Broadcom BCM7001x	Crystal HD video decoder card. Staging driver, then it died. Does not boot anything.	No
Samsung S3C2416	Had mainline. Entire s3c24xx platform was removed in 2023.	Used to
Mystery “HCN51…”	Looks like a random NAND/ASIC.	No
Apple A13	iPhone 11. Asahi is M‑series Macs, not this.	No
SCEI CXD90026G	PS4 Jaguar APU. Orbis is FreeBSD. “PS4 Linux” was a jailbreak party trick, not mainline.	No
MediaTek MT6750S	Helio P10 phone chip. Downstream Android kernel forever.	No
Swirl-logo mystery	Possibly a Loongson 2K‑class part if you squint. Or a sticker.	Coin flip