Low power PC

[biggerdigger]

Thanks for the nice link and suggestion, that is the exact application
that I'm running on my P3 Linux box.

Glad you like it. BTW, VIA put a lot of effort into multimedia
additions like MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 decoders into their processors. I
would not use them to play the latest and greatest 3D games, but VIA
certainly found an interesting niche and maybe you are interesting in
these applications, too.

"Next-gen VIA mobo touts speed, security, MPEG-4"
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4887107636.html

If you like to go even lower in power consumption and price, then
search for "sub-$10 linux".

"TI launches DaVinci processor at portable high definition video"
http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Ar...ocessor+at+portable+high+definition+video.htm
"Sub-$10 ARM9 SoC runs Linux, boasts fast data transfers"
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9531254633.html
"Sub-$10 processor does HD video, runs Linux"
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5620449448.html

The sub-$10 solutions are not ready for the mass market yet. But if
you like to tinker a bit yourself and want to bring PC-homebuilt to a
new dimension, then how can you go wrong with a $10 experiment?

 

[bsalinux]

Glad you like it. BTW, VIA put a lot of effort into multimedia
additions like MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 decoders into their processors. I
would not use them to play the latest and greatest 3D games, but VIA
certainly found an interesting niche and maybe you are interesting in
these applications, too.

I have seen those mini itx boards that come in green boxes. They also
have Nano-itx and Pico-itx.

"Next-gen VIA mobo touts speed, security, MPEG-4"http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4887107636.html

If you like to go even lower in power consumption and price, then
search for "sub-$10 linux".

"TI launches DaVinci processor at portable high definition video"http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2007/09/04/42103/ti+launche...
"Sub-$10 ARM9 SoC runs Linux, boasts fast data transfers"http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9531254633.html
"Sub-$10 processor does HD video, runs Linux"http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5620449448.html

The sub-$10 solutions are not ready for the mass market yet. But if
you like to tinker a bit yourself and want to bring PC-homebuilt to a
new dimension, then how can you go wrong with a $10 experiment?

Yeah I still have the web TV with Cirrus ARM processor. You coud
easily put linux on that.

Wish they could run linux on the TI-MSP430 processor, extremely low
power ;-)


Regards.

 

[bsalinux]

Why not! a new thread can always be started ;-)