[NBLUG/Announce] General Meeting (2005-07-12): Gumstix

When: Tue, 2005/07/12 - 7:30pm What: General Meeting Topic: Gumstix Speakers: Craig and Gordon of gumstix.org Where: O'Reilly Media, Sebastopol, CA. (http://nblug.org/genloc ) Description: gumstix, Inc. creates the world's smallest commercially available Linux boards +and computers. Their devices are based on Intel's PXA255 processor with Xscale +technology (also used in high-end PDAs and smartphones), measure only 20mm x +80mm x 8mm -- the size of a stick of gum -- and cost as low as $109. gumstix +boards provide GPIO pins, serial ports, USB 1.1 client, an MMC flash memory +card slot, and an I2C bus. Their's are among the first single board computers (SBCs) shipping with the new +Linux 2.6 kernel, with its fully pre-emptible, multi-threading capabilties. Gordon Kruberg, Founder & CEO, founded, financed, and played operating and +strategic executive roles in over 30 startups and venture-capital backed +companies. He holds an A.B. degree in Human Biology, a M.S. degree in +Industrial Engineering from Stanford University and an M.D. degree from +Northwestern University. We are always looking for speakers, so if you or anyone you know would like to give a presentation to a group of friendly nerds please send an email to speakers(a)nblug.org. -- Kyle Rankin NBLUG President The North Bay Linux Users Group http://nblug.org IRC: greenfly(a)irc.freenode.net #nblug kyle(a)nblug.org