Cogent makes computer the size of a stick of laptop RAM

Cogent’s “system on a module” computer, appetizingly named “CSB737,” has a 240MHz CPU, 64MB of SDRAM , 512MB of flash storage, 10/100 Ethernet, a USB host, LCD controller and a 2D-only GPU.

It typically consumes less than a watt of energy (750-1200mW), making it cheap-running and eco-friendly, but is it good for anything more demanding than a fancy fridge’s LCD display?

Worse, it comes with a somewhat larger carrier board, which has the USB and ethernet ports and what-have-you. The initial excitement of “MAME machine inside a joystick!” fades to the realization one can get more muscle, at a similar size, with Pico-ITX.

This little fella is more expensive than Via’s miniaturized wonder, too, with a total cost of about $600 for the CSB737 and carrier board together.

1. [airship]

   Gumstix are cooler:

   http://gumstix.com/index.html

2. [Rob Beschizza]

   Man, how could I have not discovered those before? Wonderful. Cheers!