Giada Also Intros HM65 Tiny System Board

[btarunr]

Giada also introduced a tiny nano-ITX system board based on Intel HM65 mobile-on-desktop platform, featuring a low-power "Sandy Bridge" Celeron/Core processor. The board is designed to run off external DC power input. The board can be used as a micro-server. Apart from a standard SATA 6 Gb/s port, it has two slots, a mini PCI-Express (for WLAN+Bluetooth cards), and an mSATA (to hold its OS SSD). SO-DIMM memory slots, we imagine, are on the reverse side of the PCB. The system can be programmed to run headless, or there is a host of connectivity options along the top of the board, including USB, HDMI, D-Sub, Ethernet, and stereo line-out. The PCI-Express interface below is for an additional PCB that expands connectivity.



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[RobS49152]

Thats a very cool idea! But why are the ports on the top of the card and not on a PCI backplate so they stick out of the case?

 

[to6ko91]

insysteception

 

[RobS49152]

insysteception

Thank god that wasn't a 'Yo Dawg! I heard you like...' joke

 

[arterius2]

Thank god that wasn't a 'Yo Dawg! I heard you like...' joke

Yo dawg! I heard you like crysis, so we put a pc in yo pc, so you can game while you game

 

[TheLostSwede]

Thats a very cool idea! But why are the ports on the top of the card and not on a PCI backplate so they stick out of the case?

It doesn't actually go into a PCI Express slot, the gold fingers on the bottom is for an expansion board
The same board is used in their Uni-box mini PC http://vr-zone.com/articles/giada-s-uni-box-is-a-split-level-computer/15244.html

 

[badtaylorx]

internal "ROG"connect anyone???

 

[Wile E]

Hmmmmm, car PC.

Any idea on price?