And a Range of Innovative Systems

In keeping with their status as a huge supplier in the OEM market and an increasingly important player in the "branded" market, Foxconn was showing some of the more interesting complete systems on display at Computex.

Their all-red mini system was an eye-catcher and should appeal to buyers looking for a compact computer that will stand out from the crowd.

Foxconn was showing a "Set-top-box" form-factor computer that they called the Tuckaway. This full-featured system with a flat panel is a champion in saving desk space without giving up too many current features.

Last, but certainly not least, is the tiniest real computer that we saw at Computex this year. Called the Net Box, the unit has an embedded 500 MHz CPU consuming 1.0 Watt of power, 128MB of memory in one DIMM, built-in high-speed LAN, and a fast-boot integrated Windows CE OS.

As a system, the wires take up a lot more room than the Net Box computer, but we are certain that many manufacturers will find other places besides the desktop to use this tiny, flexible computer.

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  • nserra - Tuesday, June 14, 2005 - link

    Any one know what speed FX57 will work?
    Acording to my mobo web site is 2.6Ghz, anyone?

    http://www.asrock.com/support/CPU_Support/CPUSuppo...
  • nserra - Tuesday, June 14, 2005 - link

    I agree with #17 i want some Uli board review.

    I have been installing Asrock K8 Combo-Z, K8Upgrade-1689 or 939A8X-M and all look good.
  • Houdani - Monday, June 13, 2005 - link

    I'm all in favor of moving away from the legacy ports, but is this a new trend to put radiators and shrouds where the parallel/serial ports used to reside?

    BTW, what IS with that yellow shroud on the Elitegroup board?
  • kmmatney - Sunday, June 12, 2005 - link

    So when are we going to get a review of a ULi based motherboard? Anandtech has hinted at good things...
  • flatblastard - Sunday, June 12, 2005 - link

    #9 xsilver

    Yeah, that new external uGuru looks like a cheap Atomic clock. I saw one just like it at Walgreens the other day, lol.
  • cwroten - Sunday, June 12, 2005 - link

    I have been told by Jetway as of June 8 2005 that the A210GDAG-Pro motherboard will not be available in the USA. The A210GDMS-Pro (uAtx version) is available thru Newegg.
  • plewis00 - Saturday, June 11, 2005 - link

    Hasn't it been proven heatspreaders are usually a waste of time anyway? Isn't the best way to cool these things, good airflow. When I say usually I mean on your mid-high end DDR400 DIMMs, not on the ultra-fast 3.6V stuff.
  • JNo - Saturday, June 11, 2005 - link

    Guys, that diamond was a good heat conductor was news to me but that carbon fibre should be is very surprising. "Carbon" as a conductor per se does not mean anything because the particular allotrope will determine physical and other properties. The fibres are made of graphite sheets which are very *poor* conductors of heat (I remember holding graphite in blue bunsen flames and feeling nothing). I presume Geil knows what it is doing but am nevertheless surprised that carbon fibre should not insulate (maybe it dissipates heat very effectively though?).
  • sprockkets - Saturday, June 11, 2005 - link

    Anyone have any experience with Jetway? Their uATX Radeon Express board has Azalia whatever sound with 32MB on board memory with 4 dimms for a 939 socket athlon and a reliable ULi southbridge instead of the buggy ATI ones. Not bad for $95. No gbe though, but big deal.
  • Avalon - Saturday, June 11, 2005 - link

    I wonder if that little net box 500mhz 1 watt machine is running an AMD Geode.

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