I wonder.... how many interesting ARM/tegra desktop motherboards exist?
So far, I've collected from the news some ARM boards:
Panda board ( OMAP4430 dual-core 1Ghz, 1Gb DDR2, PoverVR SGX540 with OpenGL|ES 2, HDMI with audio and DVI, USB2, Ethernet 10/100, SD/MMC card reader ... but no SATA so you need to use the card reader )
pandaboard.org
Nufront NuSmart™ 2816 ( dual core A9 2Ghz, DDR2/3, SATA, USB2, Ethernet 10/100, VGA/HDMI, AC97 audio, SD/MMC reader ... I'm not really sure if this is a motherboard or a complete mini-PC ).
http://www.nufront.com/en/cpzx/eed31...a692f9155.html
TrimSlice ( complete PC, 1Ghz Tegra2, 1Gb DDR2, HDMI with 5.1 audio, SATA with room for a 2.5'' SSD, GigaEthernet, USB2 ):
( photo comparing its size vs a MacMini )
http://trimslice.com
Ideally, I was looking for mini-ITX, uATX or ATX ARM motherboards with support for dual/quad core ARM CPUs, PCI-express 16X, SATA3, USB3 and capacity at least for 8Gb of DDR3 DIMM/SO-DIMM.... so I'm looking for a desktop board like the ones we use traditionally... but using ARM/Tegra instead of AMD/Intel CPUs. The idea is to plug a SSD and a cheap discrete GPU for a mini-ITX HTPC or small-and-efficient PC running Windows or Ardroid.
Do you know if Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, VIA, etc... are developing these kind of motherbards aimed to the desktop market, pls? I bet they're waiting for Windos RT to come ...
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