Anyone seen this story about the RaspberryPI:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/28/raspberry_pi/The Pi is powered by a 700MHz ARM-compatible processor with hardware support for OpenGL ES 2.0 and Blu-ray-grade playback (1080p30 H.264), and features 256MB of RAM, TV, HDMI and audio outputs, a USB port, a Flash memory card slot, 100MBit Ethernet and a number of I/O pins for a serial port and general purpose hacking. This is all fitted on a low-cost 85.60mm x 53.98mm board that's about 20mm high, weighs 40g and is powered from a 5V supply.
It can apparently run Linux and if booting from a USB boot stick, it *might* be suitable to become a mini-cruncher, esp as it doesn't need any fans or extra's cooling....
These things are gonna sell for about $35 (about £22) and accordingly "the foundation hopes to first bag a following of hobbyists, casual developers and home users, who will help fortify the platform's software base, documentation and support channels...."
Sounds like it might be a good basis for a low cost crunching farm...?
regards
Tim