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Moore's Law for Motherboards

Posted by Zonk on from the soon-they'll-be-skull-implantable dept.

An anonymous reader writes "VIA CEO Wenchi Chen revealed a business card-sized motherboard billed as the 'world's first industry-standard form-factor for PC/phone convergence,' at Computex this week. The mobile-ITX" board measures 3 x 1.8 inches. It's half the size of pico-ITX, which was half the size of nano-ITX, which, in turn, was half-the size of mini-ITX — which was already small. It's not clear whether VIA will make these tiny motherboards available to end users, or if they will only be sold directly to device makers, but generally all of VIA's tiny motherboard formats have spread around to other suppliers and become widely available."

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  1. I for one... by TheSHAD0W · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...welcome these new business cards. Just go to a trade show, collect business cards, and build a Beowulf cluster out of them!

  2. Is that a motherboard in your pocket... by Ngarrang · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...or are you just happy to see me?

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    1. Re:Is that a motherboard in your pocket... by Dogtanian · · Score: 4, Funny

      ...or are you just happy to see me? Personally, I don't want *anything* named "pico" confused with my genitalia.
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    2. Re:Is that a motherboard in your pocket... by geekoid · · Score: 2, Funny

      "Personally, I don't want *anything* named "pico" confused with my genitalia, again."

      There fixed it for you! With the right help, you might be able to make it 1000 times bigger...

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  3. My favorite caption in a long time by arootbeer · · Score: 5, Funny
    From the first picture of the motherboard:

    Via's mobile-ITX board prototype
    (Click to enlarge)
  4. Re:Strange units by jellomizer · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well my Car gets about 5.44356571 Pico-Lightyears/Gallon

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  5. Re:How big? by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's 7.62 cm x 4.57 cm, for everyone reading this who isn't American.
    Wow! that's only 3.48234 × 10^-7 hectares!
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  6. WATCH YOUR STEP by A+Wise+Guy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Watch your step, I just droped my motherboard!

  7. Re:Wakeup... by Mr.+Bad+Example · · Score: 2, Funny

    > It's called the DM6442, DaVinci.

    Unfortunately, it prints everything backwards.