SheevaPlug: low power wall-plug form-factor computer

[tmetro-blu-5a1Jt6qxUNc at public.gmane.org (Tom Metro)]

A "high performance" embedded Linux computer built in a "wall wart" form 
factor:

Designer
http://www.marvell.com/featured/plugcomputing.jsp

Manufacturer
http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/p-22-sheevaplug-dev-kit.aspx
photos and block diagram:
http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/t-sheevaplugdetails.aspx

Article
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-10170648-7.html

The development kit sells for $100. Built using a custom embedded CPU.

Odd that it has USB and Ethernet ports, but despite the form-factor, 
doesn't integrate power-line Ethernet. It includes a gigabit Ethernet 
interface, so maybe they didn't feel the power line interface was fast 
enough for their intended market. (The manufacturer mentions media 
server as one of the intended applications.)

Uses only 5 watts. Might make a good low-end NAS or Asterisk server.

  -Tom

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