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| Professor Builds World's Smallest Web Server with DIMM-PC/486™ from JUMPtec® February 1999 -- A Stanford University professor has built the world's smallest web server using new technology from Jumptec Industrial Computers (now known as Kontron). The web server, the size of a matchbox, has been operational since Jan 25 and records as many as 40 hits a minute. Professor Vaughan Pratt used the DIMM-PC/ 486™, which he purchased from EMJ Embedded Systems. Measuring 40x68 mm (1.57 x 2.68 inches), DIMM-PC/486 has the same capabilities as a standard 486 PC and represents a revolutionary step in personal computing. "Computer hardware has continued to shrink while computer software has continued to grow," states Pratt, "so that today we can fit the extensive software needed to drive a World Wide Web server into a computer the size of a box of matches." Much faster than a Palm Pilot, yet small enough to be worn in a shirt pocket, Pratt’s DIMM-PC web server sports a 66 MHz CPU, 16 MB of RAM, and 16 MB flash ROM, big enough to hold RedHat 5.2 Linux and run HTTP daemon. The server also boasts relatively low power usage levels, consuming 800 milliwatts from a 5V-power supply, rising to 2 watts at 100% CPU usage. Pratt learned of DIMM-PC/486 late in 1998 while visiting the EMJ Embedded Systems booth at the Embedded Systems Conference in Santa Clara, California. Immediately realizing the potential of the tiny CPU, he was the first person in the United States to place a DIMM-PC/486 order with EMJ. DIMM-PC/486 was introduced in November 1998. Pratt explains, "For me, the attractiveness of general purpose computers is the quantity and low cost of software available for them." Measuring half the size of any other product on the market, the DIMM-PC is a full-blown PC that ships with 16MB DRAM, 16 MB of IDE compatible flash and supports two serial ports and a parallel port, as well as floppy and hard drive interfaces, a real time clock and watchdog timer, and an I2C-bus. It is ideal for running larger programs and, in addition to the Stanford Matchbox Web Server, is making its way into applications as diverse as security apparatuses, medical instruments, factory automation and global positioning systems. The DIMM-PC is also available as a 386SX with up to 4MB DRAM and 8MB Flash. Ethernet and VGA modules in the same form factor extend the functionality of the DIMM-PC. To make initial testing and development easier, starter kits are available. For developers who do not need a Starter Kit, the DIMM-PC plugs into a standard 144 pin socket that is also available from EMJ Embedded Systems. To learn more about this World’s Smallest Web Server and its designer, visit http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/february10/webserver210.html, or see Vaughn Pratt's webpage http://boole.stanford.edu/pratt.html. ABOUT KONTRON TECHNOLOGY Kontron is a leading global embedded computer technology company. Kontron supplies a diversified customer base of OEMs, system integrators and application providers in the communications, automation, transportation, medical, military, aerospace, and test and measurement markets. The company helps its customers to considerably reduce their time-to-market and to gain a competitive advantage with products including high-performance open computer platforms and systems, single-board computers, man-machine interfaces and mobile computers. Kontron employs over 1100 people worldwide and has manufacturing facilities in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. The company is listed on the German TecDAX 30 stock exchange under the symbol "KBC". For additional information on Kontron, please visit our vendor page or www.kontron.com. ABOUT EMJ Embedded Systems EMJ Embedded Systems, a division of EMJ America Inc., distributes a full line of single board computers, CompactPCI solutions, Flash solutions, PC Card disk drives, PC Card readers, PC/104 add-on cards, PC/104 peripherals, displays, software and enclosures. EMJ is a publicly traded company with revenues of $150 million and can be found on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol EMJ.  |
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