Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au> writes:
On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 01:27:50AM -0400, Robin Humble wrote:
sadly low power x86 laptop chips in desktop motherboards doesn't seem to be common.
you might want to look into Intel Atom or AMD Fusion on mini-ITX or micro-ITX motherboards - they do use more power than an ARM but there are some very nicely featured motherboards and cases for them.
Might be worth waiting a bit -- the Haswell ULT stuff looks very sexy. OTOH, that's geared for tablets and ultrabooks, so it might not retail in a standard form factor BGA motherboard like current Atom. | With its long term viability threatened, Haswell is the first step of | a long term solution to the ARM problem. While Atom was the first | "fast-enough" x86 micro-architecture from Intel, Haswell takes a | different approach to the problem. Rather than working from the bottom | up, Haswell is Intel's attempt to take its best micro-architecture and | drive power as low as possible. -- http://www.anandtech.com/print/6355/intels-haswell-architecture