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With the Jack PC, the Computer's In the Wall!

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the that's-pretty-sweet dept.

cylonlover writes "The Jack PC from Chip PC Technologies offers a neat and novel thin-client desktop computing solution where the computer doesn't just plug into the wall, it is the plug in the wall. Running on power provided by the ethernet cable that also connects it to the data center server, the computer-in-a-wall-socket supports wireless connectivity, has dual display capabilities and runs on the RISC processor architecture."

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  1. Re:Slashvertisement by JavaBear · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Not even close.

  2. Re:The RISC processor architecture? by gman003 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Ignore this if above poster was being sarcastic. I think he might be, but I'm not sure.

    First off, we're disputing the use of a general type ("RISC architecture") instead of the actual architecture (ARM, MIPS, etc.). That's just bad tech reporting. I'd expect such sloppiness from Fox or MSN, not /.

    Second, pretty much all processors now are RISC internally. Yes, i386 is a CISC instruction set, but processors translate those complex instructions into one or more RISC-type instructions, which are then run. That's arguably more efficient - instructions are stored on disk and in memory as complex instructions, for better code density, but they are processed as efficiently as RISC instructions. Only downside is more complex processors, and a bit more power draw from the translation unit.