We’ve seen Google announcing ChromeBook from Samsung and Acer, but surprise-surprise, here’s something that we didn’t catch, a ChrmiumPC modular computer, powered by Google’s Chrome operating system.

This is the new computer from Xi3, called the Xi3 ChromiumPC. It’s running the brand new Chrome operating system by Google, housed in an aluminium chassis that holds three small but interconnected boards (or modules), namely the Processor Module, the Primary I/O Module and the Secondary I/O Module, which has a slightly different design than the average PC that we come to know.

The Processor Module houses the microprocessor and RAM, while the Primary I/O Module has the majority of external communications ports. The Secondary I/O Module houses the Ethernet, video and power connections. The ChromiumPC is powered by a dual- or single-core 64-bit, x86-based processor, which means that there will be multiple options to choose from.

Xi3 Corporation will launch the ChromiumPC in the second half of 2011.

SOURCE via Businesswire