Category Archives: Industry-Related
To Boldly Go Where No PC Has Gone Before
Computers continue to get physically smaller, more energy efficient, and cheaper while their capabilities—processing performance and I/O feature set—advance. This means the barriers to putting a computer into an environment once considered out of bounds, either due to sheer cost … Continue reading →
Ubuntu 12.04 Long Term Support Gets Longer
Standardization is both the blessing and curse of embedded suppliers and customers. It’s a tightrope walk with long drops to either side: obsolescence and the march of technology on one, redevelopment costs on the other. Generally speaking we err on … Continue reading →
Do Not Try This At Home: Increase Drive Capacity Using Salt
The cost per gigabyte has been dropping steadily. As little as five years ago, a 500 GB hard drive was considered an excessive amount of storage for any organization but the Library of Congress. “How will my application ever fill … Continue reading →
Mini-ITX is the New Mainstream, But What About Other Form Factors?
Since VIA introduced the Mini-ITX reference design back in 2001, it has now become the predominant small form factor mainboard choice for the masses. There have been quite a few alternatives that have cropped up over the years, with the … Continue reading →
Keeping it Cool: the Importance of Thermal Regulation
For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere summer is slowly winding down, but it’s not over yet. Think of those hot, windless summer days, and how sluggish we get. Computers aren’t so different, but instead of going for a … Continue reading →