Another new arm system

Article on the Register:

http://www.reghardware.com/2011/01/26/compulab_trim_slice/

“RS-232 serial port for geeks of a certain age”

Interesting decision!

• 2.5*(95+65)USD = 400USD (single units)
• 2.0*(95+65)USD = 320USD (10+)
• 1.5*(95+65)USD = 240USD (100+)

[Edit: The boards with TI chips don’t seem to say whether the SB-T35 baseboard connectors are designed to fit a *TX form factor, unlike the SBC-A510.]

This looks like an ideal platform for RISC OS - fast hard disk, 1Gbyte of RAM, 1GHz processor (1.5x times the speed of Iyonix). Is there enough information to get some video drivers working (I don’t have this skill)?

Since it has PCI (3.3v) maybe it would also be possible to fit an Iyonix graphics card and use that for the display?

“Trim-Slice is guaranteed for long term availability of 5 years. It will be available in several configurations and will be offered to OEMs looking to re-brand the product.” “CompuLab will cooperate with ISVs that select Trim-Slice as a reference platform.”

I also notice a USB device port. I wonder if they have the foresight to make it appear as generic storage. (Like target disk mode on a firewire mac). That would certainly make installation easier.

Would they also be likely to market a similar ATX system?