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Customizable PowerPC board comes with Linux   
Wednesday, November 05 2008 @ 03:00 PM EST
Contributed by: sde

A company in Austin, Tex. is offering a customizable PowerPC 440 development board targeting low-powered embedded device and server applications. Available with hardware/software development services, the mini-ITX-format "Korat" board uses AMCC's 440EPx processor, and comes with an open source bootloader and Linux BSP (board support package).

Ablyx says companies can use its Korat board to begin software development while awaiting custom hardware. The company's stands ready to help with hardware customizations, custom PCI and local bus adapters, and Linux driver development, it says.

According to Ablyx, the Korat board consumes just 8 Watts. This is likely a "typical" figure, as the board's 667MHz processor by itself draws 5 Watts, under "typical" usage, according to AMCC.

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