Innovation of the Week: A Computer in Your Wallet


Posted by: meikah | 8 June 2007 | 1:47 am

It seems like the future of mankind is going ultra mobile. And technology plays a major part in this mobility trend.

The latest of this innovative technology is a computer so small that you can carry it in your wallet. Unbelievable? :-D

Locutus of iToolBox blog will tell you that it’s for real.

Via has developed a motherboard that is small enough to fit inside of your wallet or billfold. That’s right, a complete motherboard including processor that is not much larger than a credit card. At about the same size as a name card you get at all of those geek conferences you attend, Via has done yet another industry first.

It is not just a bare bones system either. All it needs is a RAM module and it is ready to go. From Via’s own website here is a comparison picture of the motherboard and an ordinary playing card.

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