Trim-Slice

Trim-Slice is an NVIDIA Tegra2 based low-power computer made by CompuLab.

As supplied the Trim-Slice has Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty) installed.

Specifications

It claims to only draw 3W of power when operating.

The TrimSlice has an NVIDIA Tegra2 250 T20 SoC onboard, which is an ARM Cortex A9 processor.

OS Ports

Arch Linux ARM Port for TS

Android Port for TS

Power Consumption measurements

One key reason for considering the Tegra2 based systems is the reported low power consumption. We use a diavUSBadc with a modified ACS712 Low Current Sensor to measure the power consumption.

Some results:

• running standard installed Ubuntu O/S, not logged in, display illuminated (not blanked) and system idle: 431mA = 5.21W @12.1VDC
• running standard installed Ubuntu O/S, logged in, display illuminated (not blanked) and system idle: 431mA = 5.21W @12.1VDC

Benchmarks

GBit Ethernet Bandwidth Benchmarks

SSD over USB Bandwidth Benchmarks

CPU/FPU Performance Benchmarks

External links

• Trim-Slice Pro Specifications
• Trim-Slice Forum
• Trim-Slice on Wikipedia
• NVIDIA_Tegra_2 on Wikipedia