Product category:
Embedded Computing and Control
News Release from: VIA Technologies | Subject: EPIA NX-series
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 15 March 2007
Compact mainboard embeds multimedia
features
Mainboard is billed as the highest performance, most power efficient and feature-rich Nano-ITX platform ever.
VIA Technologies has introduced the 120 x 120mm VIA EPIA NX-series mainboard, the highest performance, most power efficient and feature-rich Nano-ITX platform ever Designed for ultracompact embedded systems with demanding digital media requirements, such as slimline LCD PCs and digital signage, small yet powerful set top boxes and next generation car PCs, the VIA EPIA NX takes the Nano-ITX mainboard to the next level, boasting the latest generation VIA processors based on the Esther core offering the VIA V4 bus, highly effective power management and the world's most advanced hardware security
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 24 Aug 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Available with the 1.5GHz VIA C7 processor, or the 1.2GHz VIA Eden processor for the fastest fanless configuration, the VIA EPIA NX offers a host of advanced multimedia features through the VIA CX700M2 system media processor.
This all-in-one digital media IGP chipset integrates the VIA UniChrome Pro II 2D/3D graphics core and an extensive array of high end audio and video technologies, including Vinyl multichannel HD audio, hardware MPEG-2/-4 and WMV9 video decoding acceleration, and a built-in HDTV encoder up to 1080i for the richest entertainment experience.
"Better multimedia within increasingly smaller, slimmer packages is clearly the main trend in consumer information and entertainment systems, and defined the design of this latest generation Nano-ITX mainboard", said Daniel Wu, Assistant Vice President, VIA Platform Solutions Division, VIA Technologies: "The powerful, feature-rich EPIA NX will help fulfil the Nano-ITX 'new vision' by enabling quieter, more space-saving and reliable embedded systems, further promoting the adoption of the x86 platform in everyday systems".
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