VIA Technologies announced the VIA EPIA PX mainboard, the first commercial mainboard based on VIA's Pico-ITX form factor measuring just 10 cm x 7,2 cm.
Powered by the 1 GHz VIA C7 processor and supporting up to 1 GB of DDR2 533 SO-DIMM system memory, the tiny 10-layer VIA EPIA PX mainboard is based around the single-chip VIA VX700 system media processor, which features the VIA UniChrome Pro II IGP 3D/2D graphics core, MPEG-2/-4 and WMV9 hardware decoding acceleration and display flexibility, including support for higher display resolutions up to HDTV for HD DVD playback.
Power efficiency is integral to the platform, with the maximum power (TDP) of the processor and chipset at 9 W and 3,5 W respectively, combined with low power DDR2 memory enabling the VIA EPIA PX to run standard productivity and multimedia applications at under 13 W.
This scale of platform miniaturisation was made possible by the reduction in size of the core silicon; the 21 mm square nanoBGA2 package of the VIA C7 processor and 35 mm square VIA VX700 system media processor have a combined area of just 16,7 cm², a board real estate saving of over 50% from previous generation EBGA processors plus twin-chip core logic solutions, and more than that over competing solutions.
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