The first application the firm has in mind is a niche in this market, but it is an important one: stabilising the grid in order to prevent power failures.
Meanwhile, MPC Data is going after much more of a niche, but doing it well: its SwiftBoot tech can get Linux up and running an actual application on an embedded device-ready Renesas SuperH SH7724 processor in under a second (0.982 seconds, to be precise).