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

[MPoole]

They bringing stuff for sale?

-Mark (urgen @ #nblug)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kyle Rankin" <kyle at nblug.org>
To: <announce at nblug.org>
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 3:12 PM
Subject: [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 at nblug.org.
>
> -- 
> Kyle Rankin
> NBLUG President
> The North Bay Linux Users Group
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