The Incredible Shrinking Motherboard

DrGonzo was among several who submitted news of the new Mini Motherboard from via. The Mini ITX standard is just 170mm squared, and this motherboard has audio, ether, IDE, video and tv out. Not bad for something so tiny. Here's an article about the small wonder.

Comments

Re:Uh, it's not that small

[podom]

There are smaller ones out there, but if I'm not mistaken, this board is designed to be compatible with standard ATX cases. I haven't actually used the board, but it looks to have

(1) standard ATX locations for I/O ports,
(2) standard spacing for its (one) PCI slots (so it could be used with the standard first cutout on an ATX case), and
(3) standard mounting holes (of course, there are less of them).

So, when they say its the smallest form factor, they don't mean its the smallest PC. There are many much smaller embedded X86 machines, internet appliances, etc. I think they mean it's the smallest "standard" form factor motherboard.

Phil

Re:Will serial/parallel ever die ?!?

[Catbeller]

And still no Firewire ports...

when Intel decides it wants no part of a superior technology, they go the whole nine yards and half a decade, don't they?

I mean, really, COME ON, give it up Intel!!