Five years ago, I built a multimedia-enhanced PC platform for the living room. Now for the encore: Just how much could I squeeze into one box, how small could the box be, and would the result meet or beat the multiple boxes it replaced?
by Miroslav Oljaca and Justin McEldowney, Texas Instruments Inc.
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