Does Nvidia have plans to get into the PC vendor market?
Nvidia has filed a patent for a "portable computer system," a mini device that will be the size of a USB flash drive.
The PCS will pack a Tegra processor, flash storage, RAM, one USB port, LAN, WiFi and another interface like HDMI.
Most notably, the computer will be just 40-60 mm long, 10-20 mm wide and 5-10 mm thick.
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Not the first to try and do, there is already a group of people making the Raspberry Pi. A very small computer that runs linux, and I think there selling 2 models 1 which has a price tag of $25 no ethernet and the other is $35 and it has a 10/100 wired Ethernet. They are not selling them yet but will be soon I believe.
Originally posted by Mr_Bill06: Not the first to try and do, there is already a group of people making the Raspberry Pi. A very small computer that runs linux, and I think there selling 2 models 1 which has a price tag of $25 no ethernet and the other is $35 and it has a 10/100 wired Ethernet. They are not selling them yet but will be soon I believe.
Yes, which should be awesome for sure. They do not have the resources of a billion dollar company, however.
I have a flash drive with those exact dimensions :S That's very impressive. But the kind of tasks such a computer could perform is the real question.
If you really want to impress me, pack 1 million gigabytes(1 petabyte) into your standard 3.5" hard drive :p 2 of those in Raid 1 would be all I could ever ask for :D Solid State technology will likely reach that one day. But I currently worry about modern SSD longevity.
Originally posted by omegaman7: If you really want to impress me, pack 1 million gigabytes(1 petabyte) into your standard 3.5" hard drive :p 2 of those in Raid 1
I think I said something like that but with "1GB" in place of "1PB" a while back...around the time that the 3.5" floppy drive came out...
Originally posted by omegaman7: I have a flash drive with those exact dimensions :S That's very impressive. But the kind of tasks such a computer could perform is the real question.
If you really want to impress me, pack 1 million gigabytes(1 petabyte) into your standard 3.5" hard drive :p 2 of those in Raid 1 would be all I could ever ask for :D Solid State technology will likely reach that one day. But I currently worry about modern SSD longevity.
Would be nice! i 2nd this! lol no really i want to see Nvidia become full PC competition and make the computers they promised in '09 before Intel VS Nvidia lawsuit delay!
It's on now! i bet Nvidia will surprise us all!
DJ
