ClearCube pushes centralized computing with thin PCs

Oh man, this is not really something that I think we are ready for. Yes, I suppose the technology is there. However I am concerned with the user’s privacy…

ClearCube Technology launched two new user port computers on Monday, adding faster Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) processors to its PCs.

The new I/Port access devices are the I8820, running Microsoft Corp.’s Windows XP Embedded, and I8020, running Linux. The two models are otherwise identical, both improving on the last-generation Capio One devices from ClearCube by shrinking their weight from 6 to 3 pounds and their size from a cereal box to a paperback book, said Ken Knotts, senior technologist for ClearCube, in Austin, Texas.

Both models have also upgraded their AMD Geode processor from 200MHz to 333MHz. The devices use the processor only for administrative functions, relying on back-end blade servers to handle the rest. The I8820 and I8020 both ship this week, priced at US$599, not counting the back-end blade.

In the PC blade model, IT managers host all their data storage and processing hardware in a central location, while remote users tap into those resources over a network.

PC blade computing is similar to a thin-client design, except that it reserves a single processor for one to four users, instead of sharing that resource among many people and incurring potential network traffic problems, Knotts said….. Source: InfoWorld

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