Smallest Motherboard

1. Beagle Board

Beagle Board with a low-cost, single fan-board (Board Size: 3 "x 3") family of computers based on TIS OMAP3 device manufactured by Texas Instruments in association with Digi-Key, are designed with a brilliant idea for the development of open source, to show Texas Instruments OMAP3530 system-on-a-chip, with all the upgrades desktop machine, but without the bulk, cost, or the sound (from beagleboard.org). It uses a TI OMAP3530 processor (ARM Cortex-A8 Core ~ ??600MHz TMS320C64x + DSP + ~ 430MHz). See the OMAP3530 processor features for features more. The target price is US-$ ~ 150, -.

The design goal is to make as simple and as cheap as possible, for example, has no LCD is added, but you can connect all the add-on hardware is available as an inexpensive external components.

2. Pico-ITX

VIA Technologies, Inc., has shown a lot of effort to reduce the size of the motherboard. Historically, they started from the mini-ITX from the factor (17cmx17cm), then Nano (12cmx12cm) and now they have reached the Pico-ITX. Suatu bentuk Pico-ITX. A Pico-ITX form factor mainboard, VIA VT6047, as shown in the picture below (slightly larger than the size of playing cards), most recently, of the palms and is the smallest in the world today.

Pico-ITX Mainboard size is only 10cm x 7.2cm, 75% smaller than Mini-ITX. Surprisingly, the small size, no reduction of any component on the motherboard. everything needed for your PC in the motherboard.

Moves produce a motherboard with a smaller size would indicate that demand for smaller form factor than a PC that . success depends on many VIA of the miniaturization of silicon as the level of expertise in the handling of power efficiency, thermal management and feature integration.

VIA VT6047 Pico-ITX mainboard was designed to be powered by one of VIA's energy efficient processor platforms, such as the VIA C7 or fanless VIA Eden processor in 21mm x 21mm package NanoBGA2, coupled with rich media features VIA processor systems to enable the board to pack punch performance of small or low heat, low power package.