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EFIKA is a small single board Power Architecture
Power Architecture

Power Architecture is a broad term to describe similar RISC instruction sets for microprocessors developed and manufactured by such companies as IBM, Freescale, Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, Tundra Semiconductor and P.A....
 based computer manufactured by Genesi
Genesi

Genesi is computer company focused on building Power Architecture computers. The organization is split into two units, Genesi USA, Inc. working out of Texas, USA, operating as the primary front-end for sales, customers and developers, and bplan GmbH based in Germany as the primary center for research and development....
.

It is based on a 400 MHz Freescale MPC5200B
PowerPC 5000

The PowerPC 5000 family is a series of Power Architecture microprocessors from Freescale designed for automotive and industrial microcontroller and system on a chip use....
 SoC-processor
System-on-a-chip

System-on-a-chip or system on chip refers to integrating all components of a computer or other Electronics system into a single integrated circuit ....
 and adds 44-pin 2.5" IDE
AT Attachment

AT Attachment and AT Attachment Packet Interface are Electrical connector standardization for the connection of computer storage devices such as hard disks, solid-state drives, and CD-ROM drives in computers....
, USB, serial port
RS-232

In telecommunications, RS-232 is a standard for serial communications binary data signals connecting between a DTE and a DCE . It is commonly used in computer serial ports....
, stereo audio in/out, 100 Mbit/s Ethernet
Ethernet

Ethernet is a family of Data frame-based computer networking technologies for local area networks . The name comes from the physical concept of the Luminiferous aether....
, 33/66 MHz PCI
Peripheral Component Interconnect

The PCI Local Bus , or Conventional PCI, is a computer bus for attaching computer hardware in a computer. These devices can take either the form of an integrated circuit fitted onto the motherboard itself, called a planar device in the PCI specification or an expansion card that fits into a socket....
 port and 128 MB DDR
Double data rate

In computing, a computer bus operating with double data rate transfers data on both the rising and falling edges of the clock signal. This is also known as double pumped, dual-pumped, and double transition....
 RAM
Ram

Ram, ram, or RAM as a non-acronymic wordAs a non-acronymic word Ram, ram, or RAM may refer to:...
. EFIKA uses an Open Firmware
Open Firmware

Open Firmware, or OpenBoot in Sun Microsystems parlance, is a standard defining the interfaces of a computer firmware system, formerly endorsed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers....
 based CHRP
Common Hardware Reference Platform

Common Hardware Reference Platform was a standard system architecture for PowerPC based computer systems published jointly by IBM and Apple Inc....
 compliant firmware
Firmware

Firmware is a term sometimes used to denote the fixed, usually rather small, programs that internally control various electronic devices. Typical examples range from end user products such as remote controls or calculators, via computer parts and devices like harddisks, keyboard s, TFT screens or memory cards, all the way to scientific instr...
 with a special x86
X86 architecture

The generic term x86 refers to the most commercially successful instruction set architecture in the history of personal computing. It derived from the model numbers, ending in "86", of the first few processor generations Backward compatibility with the original Intel 8086....
/BIOS
BIOS

In computing, the Basic Input/Output System , also known as the System BIOS, is a de facto standard defining a firmware interface for IBM PC Compatible computers....
 emulator
Emulator

An emulator duplicates the functions of one system using a different system, so that the second system behaves like the first system. This focus on exact reproduction of external behavior is in contrast to some other forms of computer simulation, which can concern an abstract model of the system being simulated....
 providing support for standard graphics cards
Video card

A video card, also known as a graphics accelerator card, display adapter, or graphics card, is an expansion card whose function is to generate and output images to a display....
 on an AGP
Accelerated Graphics Port

The Accelerated Graphics Port is a high-speed point-to-point channel for attaching a :Category:Graphics cards to a computer's motherboard, primarily to assist in the acceleration of 3D computer graphics....
 riser slot. The motherboard
Motherboard

A motherboard is the central printed circuit board in some complex electronic systems, such as modern personal computers. The motherboard is sometimes alternatively known as the mainboard, system board, or, on Apple Inc....
 has a non-standard form factor, 118 mm x 153 mm x 38 mm small.

Due to its small size, RoHS compliance
Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive

The Directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment 2002/95/EC was adopted in February 2003 by the European Union....
 and energy efficient nature (drawing less than 20 W with a harddrive and a graphics card, typically less than 10 W during most usage scenarios), the EFIKA is considered very environmentally friendly.

An EFIKA computer can run a variety of operating system
Operating system

An operating system is an interface between hardware and applications; it is responsible for the management and coordination of activities and the sharing of the limited resources of the computer....
s among Linux
Linux

Linux is a generic term referring to Unix-like computer operating systems based on the Linux kernel. Their development is one of the most prominent examples of free and open source software collaboration; typically all the underlying source code can be used, freely modified, and redistributed by anyone under the terms of the GNU GPL license...
 (Gentoo
Gentoo Linux

Gentoo is a computer operating system built on top of the Linux Kernel and based on the Portage package management system. It is distributed as Free software....
, openSUSE
OpenSUSE

openSUSE, , is a general purpose operating system developed by the openSUSE Project. After acquiring SUSE Linux in January 2004, Novell decided to release the SUSE Linux Professional product as a 100% open source project, involving the community in the development process....
, Debian
Debian

Debian GNU/Linux is one of the most popular and influential computer operating systems composed of free software and open source software....
 and CRUX PPC
Crux

Crux is the List of constellations by area of the 88 modern constellations, but is one of the most distinctive. Its name is Latin for cross, and it is dominated by a cross-shaped Asterism and is commonly known as the Southern Cross because it is today visible only from the southern hemisphere, although it was visible near the horizon...
), MorphOS
MorphOS

MorphOS is a computer operating system . It is a mixed proprietary software and open source OS produced for the Pegasos PowerPC -processor-based computer, most models of PPC-accelerator-equipped Amiga computers, and a series of Freescale development boards that use the Genesi Firmware, including the EFIKA and mobileGT....
, OpenSolaris
OpenSolaris

File:Opensolaris-screenshot-2008-05.pngOpenSolaris is an open source operating system based on Sun Microsystems' Solaris . It is also the name of the project initiated by Sun to build a developer and user community around it....
 and QNX
QNX

QNX is a commercial Unix-like real-time operating system, aimed primarily at the embedded systems market. On September 12, 2007, the source of the QNX kernel was released for non-commercial use....
.






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EFIKA is a small single board Power Architecture
Power Architecture

Power Architecture is a broad term to describe similar RISC instruction sets for microprocessors developed and manufactured by such companies as IBM, Freescale, Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, Tundra Semiconductor and P.A....
 based computer manufactured by Genesi
Genesi

Genesi is computer company focused on building Power Architecture computers. The organization is split into two units, Genesi USA, Inc. working out of Texas, USA, operating as the primary front-end for sales, customers and developers, and bplan GmbH based in Germany as the primary center for research and development....
.

It is based on a 400 MHz Freescale MPC5200B
PowerPC 5000

The PowerPC 5000 family is a series of Power Architecture microprocessors from Freescale designed for automotive and industrial microcontroller and system on a chip use....
 SoC-processor
System-on-a-chip

System-on-a-chip or system on chip refers to integrating all components of a computer or other Electronics system into a single integrated circuit ....
 and adds 44-pin 2.5" IDE
AT Attachment

AT Attachment and AT Attachment Packet Interface are Electrical connector standardization for the connection of computer storage devices such as hard disks, solid-state drives, and CD-ROM drives in computers....
, USB, serial port
RS-232

In telecommunications, RS-232 is a standard for serial communications binary data signals connecting between a DTE and a DCE . It is commonly used in computer serial ports....
, stereo audio in/out, 100 Mbit/s Ethernet
Ethernet

Ethernet is a family of Data frame-based computer networking technologies for local area networks . The name comes from the physical concept of the Luminiferous aether....
, 33/66 MHz PCI
Peripheral Component Interconnect

The PCI Local Bus , or Conventional PCI, is a computer bus for attaching computer hardware in a computer. These devices can take either the form of an integrated circuit fitted onto the motherboard itself, called a planar device in the PCI specification or an expansion card that fits into a socket....
 port and 128 MB DDR
Double data rate

In computing, a computer bus operating with double data rate transfers data on both the rising and falling edges of the clock signal. This is also known as double pumped, dual-pumped, and double transition....
 RAM
Ram

Ram, ram, or RAM as a non-acronymic wordAs a non-acronymic word Ram, ram, or RAM may refer to:...
. EFIKA uses an Open Firmware
Open Firmware

Open Firmware, or OpenBoot in Sun Microsystems parlance, is a standard defining the interfaces of a computer firmware system, formerly endorsed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers....
 based CHRP
Common Hardware Reference Platform

Common Hardware Reference Platform was a standard system architecture for PowerPC based computer systems published jointly by IBM and Apple Inc....
 compliant firmware
Firmware

Firmware is a term sometimes used to denote the fixed, usually rather small, programs that internally control various electronic devices. Typical examples range from end user products such as remote controls or calculators, via computer parts and devices like harddisks, keyboard s, TFT screens or memory cards, all the way to scientific instr...
 with a special x86
X86 architecture

The generic term x86 refers to the most commercially successful instruction set architecture in the history of personal computing. It derived from the model numbers, ending in "86", of the first few processor generations Backward compatibility with the original Intel 8086....
/BIOS
BIOS

In computing, the Basic Input/Output System , also known as the System BIOS, is a de facto standard defining a firmware interface for IBM PC Compatible computers....
 emulator
Emulator

An emulator duplicates the functions of one system using a different system, so that the second system behaves like the first system. This focus on exact reproduction of external behavior is in contrast to some other forms of computer simulation, which can concern an abstract model of the system being simulated....
 providing support for standard graphics cards
Video card

A video card, also known as a graphics accelerator card, display adapter, or graphics card, is an expansion card whose function is to generate and output images to a display....
 on an AGP
Accelerated Graphics Port

The Accelerated Graphics Port is a high-speed point-to-point channel for attaching a :Category:Graphics cards to a computer's motherboard, primarily to assist in the acceleration of 3D computer graphics....
 riser slot. The motherboard
Motherboard

A motherboard is the central printed circuit board in some complex electronic systems, such as modern personal computers. The motherboard is sometimes alternatively known as the mainboard, system board, or, on Apple Inc....
 has a non-standard form factor, 118 mm x 153 mm x 38 mm small.

Due to its small size, RoHS compliance
Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive

The Directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment 2002/95/EC was adopted in February 2003 by the European Union....
 and energy efficient nature (drawing less than 20 W with a harddrive and a graphics card, typically less than 10 W during most usage scenarios), the EFIKA is considered very environmentally friendly.

An EFIKA computer can run a variety of operating system
Operating system

An operating system is an interface between hardware and applications; it is responsible for the management and coordination of activities and the sharing of the limited resources of the computer....
s among Linux
Linux

Linux is a generic term referring to Unix-like computer operating systems based on the Linux kernel. Their development is one of the most prominent examples of free and open source software collaboration; typically all the underlying source code can be used, freely modified, and redistributed by anyone under the terms of the GNU GPL license...
 (Gentoo
Gentoo Linux

Gentoo is a computer operating system built on top of the Linux Kernel and based on the Portage package management system. It is distributed as Free software....
, openSUSE
OpenSUSE

openSUSE, , is a general purpose operating system developed by the openSUSE Project. After acquiring SUSE Linux in January 2004, Novell decided to release the SUSE Linux Professional product as a 100% open source project, involving the community in the development process....
, Debian
Debian

Debian GNU/Linux is one of the most popular and influential computer operating systems composed of free software and open source software....
 and CRUX PPC
Crux

Crux is the List of constellations by area of the 88 modern constellations, but is one of the most distinctive. Its name is Latin for cross, and it is dominated by a cross-shaped Asterism and is commonly known as the Southern Cross because it is today visible only from the southern hemisphere, although it was visible near the horizon...
), MorphOS
MorphOS

MorphOS is a computer operating system . It is a mixed proprietary software and open source OS produced for the Pegasos PowerPC -processor-based computer, most models of PPC-accelerator-equipped Amiga computers, and a series of Freescale development boards that use the Genesi Firmware, including the EFIKA and mobileGT....
, OpenSolaris
OpenSolaris

File:Opensolaris-screenshot-2008-05.pngOpenSolaris is an open source operating system based on Sun Microsystems' Solaris . It is also the name of the project initiated by Sun to build a developer and user community around it....
 and QNX
QNX

QNX is a commercial Unix-like real-time operating system, aimed primarily at the embedded systems market. On September 12, 2007, the source of the QNX kernel was released for non-commercial use....
. It is sometimes called "EFIKA 5K2", since it uses the PowerPC e300 core
PowerPC e300

The PowerPC e300 is a family of 32-bit Power Architecture microprocessor cores developed by Freescale for primary use in system-on-a-chip designs with speed ranging up to 667 MHz, thus making them ideal for embedded system....
 based MPC5200B
PowerPC 5000

The PowerPC 5000 family is a series of Power Architecture microprocessors from Freescale designed for automotive and industrial microcontroller and system on a chip use....
 processor.

On 10 September 2007, Genesi announced that they are developing a new version of the EFIKA based on the Freescale MPC5121e
PowerPC 5000

The PowerPC 5000 family is a series of Power Architecture microprocessors from Freescale designed for automotive and industrial microcontroller and system on a chip use....
, which will feature on-board PowerVR
PowerVR

PowerVR is a division of Imagination Technologies that develops hardware and software intellectual property for 2D and 3D rendering, and for video encoding, decoding, and associated image processing....
 MBX video and an additional 200 MHz fully-programmable RISC core, although it still has the same e300 core running at 400 MHz.

"Efika" is a word in Esperanto
Esperanto

is the most widely spoken constructed language international auxiliary language in the world. Its name derives from Doktoro Esperanto, the pseudonym under which L....
 meaning "efficient".

See also

  • Power Architecture
    Power Architecture

    Power Architecture is a broad term to describe similar RISC instruction sets for microprocessors developed and manufactured by such companies as IBM, Freescale, Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, Tundra Semiconductor and P.A....
  • Pegasos
    Pegasos

    Pegasos is a MicroATX motherboard powered by a PowerPC G3/PowerPC G4 microprocessor, featuring 3 Peripheral Component Interconnect slots, 1 Accelerated Graphics Port slot, two Ethernet ports , USB, DDR SDRAM, AC97 sound, and FireWire....
    • Open Desktop Workstation
      Open Desktop Workstation

      The Open Desktop Workstation, also referred to as ODW is a PowerPC based computer, by San Antonio-based Genesi. The ODW has an interchangeable CPU card allowing for a wide range of Power Architecture based microprocessors from IBM and Freescale Semiconductor....
  • mobileGT
    MobileGT

    The mobileGT name refers to both a computing platform and an alliance of vendors in the navigation, infotainment and telematics industries. It focuses on automotive, industrial and consumer electronics based on Power Architecture technology....


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