nanoETXexpress-SP – based on Intel Atom processor: Computer as tiny as credit card
In future, we are going to see even more smaller computers. A German company, Kontron is introducing a credit card size computer that will allow the manufactures to produce even more smaller computers.
This new module by Kontron measures just 55mm x 84mm and contains an Intel Atom processor, a gig of RAM, SDIO/GPIO switching via BIOS, and optional implemented SDVO connections. It has a compatible extensions to the PICMG COM Express specification, following the pin-out type 1 definition. Now what does that means to us? Well that means that it can control upto 2 displays independently.
There an interface for VGA, DVI/HDMI too that can be used for SDTV as-well-as HDTV connections.
The new processor supports desktop Windows, Linux and Windows CE operating systems. Price is not yet disclosed
[kontron]
The Kontron nanoETXexpress-SP COM is based on the highly-efficient Intel® Atom™ 5XX processor series and Intel® System Controller Hub single chip that combines the memory controller, graphic engine and I/O in a single, space saving chipset design. With only one tenth of the Thermal Design Power and one seventh the size of ULV processors at an identical performance, the nanoETXexpress-SP COM offers an unprecedented power consumption / performance ratio for x86-based ultra-mobile designs.
[via fudzilla]
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