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

Fri Jul 8 15:12:15 PDT 2005

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.                                          
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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 at nblug.org.

-- 
Kyle Rankin
NBLUG President
The North Bay Linux Users Group
http://nblug.org
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kyle at nblug.org