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

I just had to...

[ryepup]

Imagine a beowulf cluster of these babies! It'd fit in your CD rack.

Imagine a beowulf cluster of these...

[Squeezer]

I'll say it before someone else does :)

But it is

[wiredog]

(170mm)^2.

Re:Uh, it's not that small

[kontos]

Umm... doesn't
170^2 = 170*170
???

Re:Uh, it's not that small

[remou]

did ya read a bit too fast, didn't ya!

it's written:
170mm squared!!!!

not 170mm^2, or 170square-mm

so I think it is correct

Re:Uh, it's not that small

[Team Vogon]

It's not 170 mm^2 but 170 mm X 170 mm

geez man, 170 mm X 170 mm IS 170mm


When I type 170 x 170 into my calculator I get 28900. That would be 28900mm^2.

Re:Uh, it's not that small

[Drakin]

Actually no. if the board measures 170mm by 170 mm that means it's 28900 mm. 170mm ould give you a shape that's oh... just over 13mm (bit over half an inch) on a side.

Remember, area(mm) = length(mm) * width(mm)

Re:Regarding the images on their site

[merlin_jim]

Actually, for the windows crowd, this is equivalent to tarring up a bunch of JPGs... no size improvements, but what you do get is an easily transportable package, like a photo album or some such item...

Kharma burn

[fobbman]

2001-11-06 18:46:10 VIA Announces New Tiny Mainboard Design (articles,news) (rejected)