] On Monday, Orion Multisystems, a start-up company based ] in Santa Clara, California, was to announce a desktop ] computer for engineers and scientists who want more ] computing power than is easily available from Fry's, the ] local retail chain for personal computers. Orion is ] building a computer the size of a pizza box, intended for ] a single engineer or scientist, that will have 12 ] processors yet consume about the same amount of power as ] a standard desktop personal computer. [ Presumably a 12 node transmeta box... seems like a neat idea, if it can find a market... that's a hell of a workstation. -k] IHT: PC maker bets on personal power |