I am not familiar with that particular chip .. but ... looks like the type of CPU that would work well on a "server blade" ... I was at a conference last January talking about the next generation of server farms ... like 50,000 servers in a football stadium ... turns out heat loss is a big issue in designing the whole facility ... in addition .. there are companies out there that are using CPUs like this to make large CHEAP clusters for high end cluster computing ... some of them can get like 20+ across in a 4U (I believe that is the right rack/case) case. Each server is a simple card that pops into a bus .. pretty slick actually anyone out there running Linux on a cluster like this in the Twin Cities? Randy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brent Metzler" <linux at bmetzler.org> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 12:23 PM Subject: [TCLUG] Via C3 Processors > I just noticed on the back of the latest Tiger Direct catalog that they > were selling Via C3 processors. In fact, they were only $20 more then a > comparable Duron mhz wise. > > I haven't heard of the C3 processor before. Does anyone know anything > about it? What makes it special? Is it worth the extra money? > > Their product page (http://www.via.com.tw/en/viac3/c3.jsp) claims that > it's Linux compatible. > > It looks like with the right hardware this could be made into a small > quiet thinstation for the living room. > > Any thoughts? > > -- > Brent Metzler | AIM: bmetzl1999 | http://www.bmetzler.org > brent at bmetzler.org | Y! : bmetzl1999 | > 612-270-0119 | ICQ: 43952639 | MSN: passort at bmetzler.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list