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World's smallest PII motherboard?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the little-yellow-better-(well,-not-yellow) dept.

Zoyd writes "Just out with the world's smallest PII motherboard is Cell Computing. Dimensions: 3 x 5 x 0.7". Weight: 170g. "

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  1. Oops by Pascal+Q.+Porcupine · · Score: 3
    In my haste, I didn't notice that there was more to the whitepaper than just the simple specs and usual marketing hype. This thing's *real* neat... and they also have other products which would also be useful for a whole bunch of projects I can think of. For example, perhaps an entertainment center component with a slim form factor, or maybe a complete system which is completely out of the way except for the display... hook it up to one of those NTSC serial terminals (as mentioned on /. many moons ago, which can do text overlays on an NTSC signal) and use it to do... well, anything really.

    And since it's going to be said eventually anyway, these could be used for having a complete Beowulf cluster in a single case... :)

    Man. This could even be used for a handheld running BeOS or that obscure UNIX clone everyone keeps talking about or something...

    Damn. if only I had the time, energy, and drive to do projects with these things...
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  2. Re:Price by SEWilco · · Score: 3
    I think that is only the module, which is basically the CPU and I/O assembly. You still need to plug it into a board which has all the standard connectors. I think over on the side was a link to a development kit for about $1,000.

    But they'd prefer for you to spend the time of a salesman to learn these things rather than put the prices there and set up a real catalog which has such information for those who want to buy an appropriate set of devices.

  3. Re:Two suitcases and some Power Rangers to carry t by SEWilco · · Score: 3
    I've forgotten...
    How much power does a human body generate? Maybe it could power some computers...
    Now where have I heard that idea before?

    Seriously, there are possible sources for human-powered wearable computing.