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Mini Dual-Celeron Board

Posted by timothy on from the oh-and-could-you-make-that-a-double? dept.

Anonymous Coward writes: "Well, I thought I was pretty cool with my BP6 with dual 366s overclocked to 550 ... I just stumbled across what looks like a mini dual-slot 370 mobo. Up to 1GB RAM, flat-panel support, solid-state disk support. What *would* you use this for, a dual Celeron laptop!? I wonder if anyone makes a complete computer based on this board? Who are they selling this to?"

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  1. Excuse me, but.... by GoRK · · Score: 5

    This is a Single-Board Computer (SBC). They have been produced with dual-processor designs back to the days of the 486. They even have SBC's that can handle quad xeons. And there are a lot of these that are a helluva lot smaller than this one.

    They are absolutely NOT laptop tech. They require as much power consumption as a full system. They are designed to facilitate hardware upgrades with minimal downtime. (Swap the motherboard without removing peripheral cards; etc)

    Now, the question of a dual-processor laptop is a nice one to raise, but the power needs of let's say... two 300 mhz processors is WAY MORE than the requirements of ONE 600Mhz processor, so why bother? Maybe in the future, these new extremely low power cpu's will be put into mobiles in multiples, but until then; no.

    Honestly I can't even see why this item even made news. First, it's old tech. Secondly, it's WRONG, and thirdly the suggestions are totally off-base.

    Perhaps someone should have posted an "Ask Slashdot" for "Are dual-processor mobiles in our future?"

    ~GoRK

  2. Next time try backing up on the site by Syberghost · · Score: 5

    Dude, what you'd build with that particular part you found is a rack-mounted server.

    You know, the kind much larger than a laptop?

  3. Embedded Systems Device by rhedin · · Score: 5

    These SBC (Single Board Computers) are generally used in embedded applications where standard form factor PC's won't work. Additionally, you get the ability to use main-stream/common development tools rather than more esoteric ones. Depending on your market, you can use DOS, Windows, or Linux combined with tried and true development tools such as Visual C++ or gcc. Definitely makes training & debugging much easier.

    I've used devices similar to build controllers for therapeutic water beds, various interfaces to hardware (non-computer, i.e. control surfaces on an aircraft, and the like).

    When you need them, they're very useful, although generally you're trading size for price. The last intel based device I used was about 5"x8", but the smallest was the ucSIMM Module running the Motorola 68EZ328 or the DIMM PC running an i486.

    When you pair up an intel based SBC with the solid state disks from M-Systems that's when things start getting interesting.

  4. Things to do with a dual-Celeron laptop by Green+Monkey · · Score: 5
    • Save humanity by uploading a virus into an alien mothership whose computers are conveniently compatable with yours.
    • Code the world's first no-click shopping script, which reads users' brainwaves to determine their desired purchases.
    • Take the initiative in creating the Internet.
    • Join Microsoft in its search for a way to divide large prime numbers.
    • Dual Celerons = double your chances of getting a first post on Slashdot!
    --

    Green Monkey