Presidian - Personal Internet Communicator

Presidian Personal Internet Communicator

Including Power Cable, Keyboard, and mouse

The Personal Internet Communicator (PIC) is a consumer device released by AMD in 2004 to allow people in emerging countries access to the internet. Originally part of AMD's 50x15 Initiative, the PIC has been deployed by Internet service providers (ISPs) in several developing countries. It is based on an AMD Geode CPU and uses Microsoft Windows CE and Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.

The fanless PC runs the low-power Geode x86 processor and is equipped with 128 MB DDR memory and a 10 GB 3.5-inch hard drive. The device has preinstalled software for basic personal computing and internet/email access.

Hardware specifications

• AMD Geode GX 500@1.0W processor, 366 MHz clock rate
• 128 MBytes DDR RAM (Up to 512 MBytes)
• VGA display interface up to 1600x1200
• four USB 1.1 ports
• 56 kbit/s ITU v.92 Fax/Modem
• AC'97 audio interface
• Fanless design.

Electrical specifications

• Input Voltage: 12 VDC (Factory provided AC/DC converter)
• Power Dissipation: 8 Watts (plus power supply's own dissipation)
• Total power Dissipation: 12.7 Watts @ 100% CPU Load