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The Raspberry Pi Foundation currently plans to develop, manufacture and distribute an ultra-low-cost computer, for use in teaching computer programming to children.  It is expected to have many other applications both in the developed and the developing world.  A limited supply of beta PCBs will be made available in December.

The first product is about the size of a credit card, and is designed to plug into a TV or be combined with a touch screen for a low cost tablet. The expected price is $25 for a fully-configured system.

Specs:

• 700MHz ARM11
• 128MB or 256MB of SDRAM
• OpenGL ES 2.0
• 1080p30 H.264 high-profile decode
• Composite and HDMI video output
• USB 2.0
• SD/MMC/SDIO memory card slot
• General-purpose I/O
• Optional integrated 2-port USB hub and 10/100 Ethernet controller
• Open software (Fedora, Iceweasel, KOffice, Python)

Website: Raspberry Pi

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