[mythtv-users] NVIDIA Ion platform - all your dreams come true?

[Steven Adeff]

On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Jeff Wormsley <daworm at comcast.net> wrote:
> Andrew Barbaccia wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 2:40 PM, Mike Perkins <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk>
> wrote:
>> Stephen Boddy wrote:
>> > http://www.dailytech.com/NVIDIA+Unveils+Ion+Platform/article13723.htm
>> >
>> > Intel Atom plus VDPAU capable nvidia chipset on a tiny board. They
>> > mention nettops as well as netbooks, so provided it has network (wired),
>> > this would be the ultimate minimalist low power network booting
>> > frontend.
>> >
>> Where do you fit the memory? Any ideas about how much it takes? I did
>> RTFA, but
>> didn't see any details.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Mike Perkins
>
> I think that was just a mockup of what it "could" look like. More specs from
> another article:
> http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2008/12/18/nvidia-ion-platform-geforce-and-atom-revie/1
>
> Clearly the board is going to be bigger than that if the manufacturer wants
> to max out the capabilities (or even include an expansion slot).
> -a
>
>
> On the bottom:
>
> http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2008/12/nvidia-ion-platform-geforce-and-atom-revie/3b.png
>
> Jeff.
>

That's pretty awesome. Now we just need Silverstone to make a nice
small case to throw these into!

-- 
Steve
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