Re: Schematics for a small form factor motherboard?

On Aug 28, 1:40 pm, vorange <orange...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have this crazy idea of designing a UMPC with a very small form
factor motherboard with either an Intel, AMD or VIA processor that can
run full blown Windows XP or Vista (not CE or embedded xp).

Unless it's your day job, you REALLY do not want to do this for a
modern architecture with near-GHz (or multi-GHz) signals running
around the board. Once you do your own layout you'll need to perform
some very exotic tuning of the RAM controller setup to adjust the
drive level on every address and data pin to account for different
trace lengths and parasitic capacitances. The equipment to do this is
expensive and the technique is scarily detailed.
.

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