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Written by Jon A Kristofferson   
Sunday, 14 October 2007

The Jonidan project is the development of a replacement for the Kuro Box. The idea is to keep the project 100% Open. The motherboard schematic and board layout will be made public with a few caviots. The computer will be 100% Gentoo Linux compliant. Sumo COmputer will provide a Gentoo Linux feed that will support the new Jonidan project computer.

The preliminary specifications for the Jonidan motherboard are as follows.

  • 2 STI Cell BE chips operationg at 3.2 Ghz.
  • 16 Gb of XDR memory.
  • 4 10/100/1000/10000 Ethernet ports.
  • 1 RapidIO port for clustering.
  • 5 port SATA II disk controller.
  • 5 128 Gb SSD Disks in a Raid 6 disk array.

 The base computer will install into a single computer enclosure that will provide power and cooling. Due to it's low power requirements and very high performance and small size it will meet the overall goals set down by the Sumo Computer founders.

Last Updated ( Sunday, 14 October 2007 )
 
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