This article talks about a tiny motherboard that consumes only 5 watts: “This thing is, for all intents and purposes, a complete, standalone x86 PC that fits in the palm of your hand and sips five watts of power…”

Building Tiny, Ultra Low Power PCs

If you add to this a wall-wart power supply, some RAM and a USB memory stick (to act as the hard drive), you have a complete machine for < $200.

See also: This page of motherboards for some comparable motherboards.

Intel launches new Tolapai system-on-a-chip design

…shows that we may soon be seeing similar products from Intel.

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