CompuLab’s Fit-PC Slim: Tiniest Windows XP system

Compulab has introduced a fanless PC, roughly the size of a paperback book, that consumes a mere 3 to 5 watts of power. The "fit-PC" comes with Linux preinstalled, and is intended to fit where conventional PCs won't, according to the Haifa, Israel-based company.
Compulab says the fit-PC is based on the company's CM-iGLX computer-on-module (COM), touted as the world's smallest LX800-based single-board computer when it was introduced last fall. The module has a 500 MHz AMD Geode LX800 processor, and is equipped with 256 MB of DDR RAM and up to 512 MB of NAND flash.

Compulab lists the following additional features and specifications for the fit-PC:

• 40 GB hard drive
  
• Dual 100 Mbps Ethernet
  
• SXGA graphics controller, resolution to 1920 x 1440
  
• 2 USB 2.0 high speed ports
  
• Audio in/out interfaces
  
• RS-232 serial port
  
• Single 5V power supply
  
• Dimensions -- 4.7 x 4.6 x 1.6 inches (120 x 116 x 40 mm)
  

Although the fit-PC comes with Linux pre-installed, Windows XP is "easily installable" via a USB CD-ROM drive, Compulab said. The system's embedded Linux OS reportedly is currently based on Gentoo, using a 2.6.20 kernel.