First Chrome Operating System desktop PC will ship in July

Inside its diminutive chassis, in the meantime, will be a modular design consisting of three small however interconnected boards: one holding the processor and RAM; a primary I/O module typically housing the majority of the external communications ports; and a secondary I/O module housing Ethernet, video and power connections.

"The Xi3 computer architecture is designed to support any x86-based operating system, including Windows, Linux, Unix and other open source-based operating systems," said Jason A. Sullivan, president and CEO of Xi3 Corp. "If someone chooses to switch their ChromiumPC to run a different operating system, it's as easy as swapping out one of the three boards inside the computer."