Can one delurk *again*? Semantic questions aside, I just read about a MachZ PC-on-a-chip by ZF Microsystems, and it comes with Linux (boot ROM, I believe--could make upgrades tricky, I guess). IIRC, it has USB, IDE, PCI and ISA (both at the same time!) interface capabilities, as well as booting upon application of power (I've read that previous similar chips don't do this). Estimated power consumption: 33MHz: 0.8W, 66MHz 1.6W, 100MHz 2.2W, 133MHz 2.8W Price: "as low as" $50. Probably bulk rate of course. Double for small batches, maybe? Beats me. Size: 35mm x 35mm, 388-pin PBGA. http://www.zfmicro.com has more info. I couldn't divine how fast this thing would run in the real world; maybe someone else could elucidate (or at least *guess*). I'm not a hardware guy (yet)--is this power draw reasonable? Is this nothing to be excited about? It's not a new, cheap, usable display, but hey--I'm only human. ;) -Rich -- Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" toWear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org
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