Digital media chipsets cut down to one device

The VIA VX800 Series of digital media IGP chipsets features the latest video, graphics and connectivity performance in a single chip measuring just 33 x 33mm.

The VIA VX800 Series comprises two primary digital media IGP chipsets, the VIA VX800 for ultrathin and light notebooks, mini PCs and embedded devices, and the ultra-low-voltage VIA VX800U for the fast-expanding ultramobile market, including the rapidly emerging mini-note, UMPC and UMD markets.

Strategic to the continued success of the VIA Ultra Mobile Platform based on the VIA C7-M ULV processor, the VIA VX800U looks set to further boost VIA's leadership in ultramobile platforms, packing a host of features into an even more power efficient package with a maximum power draw of only 3.5W.

Bringing high quality graphics, video and memory performance to ultra compact x86 systems, the VIA VX800U series delivers full Microsoft DirectX 9 3D graphics, high definition video and audio playback, and support for up to 4Gbyte of DDR2 system memory.

Fully Microsoft Windows Vista compliant, the VIA VX800 Series supports both current VIA C7, VIA C7-M and VIA Eden processors and also upcoming processors based on the VIA Isaiah Architecture, ensuring vendors can offer a wider range of performance and price points utilising the same platform infrastructure.

"The explosive growth of the mini-note category and the emerging ultramobile device category has clearly demonstrated the increased importance on low power, high performance, and small footprint", says Richard Brown, Vice President of Corporate Marketing, VIA Technologies.

"The VIA VX800 Series goes a long way towards maintaining VIA's leadership in the ultra mobile and other key market segments, and allows our customers to bring products with enhanced features and performance to market faster".

The VIA VX800 Series integrates all the cutting-edge features of a modern chipset's North and South bridges into a single chip package measuring just 33 x 33mm, generating a silicon real estate saving of over 42% over traditional twin-chip core logic implementations.

The series comprises two SKUs; the VIA VX800 is targeted at mini green PCs, full featured and thin and light notebooks, and high performance embedded systems, with a maximum power consumption (TDP max) of 5W, whereas the ultra low voltage VX800U has been designed for the exciting ultra mobile device market, and boasts a maximum power draw of a miserly 3.5W.

By strictly adhering to VIA's stringent power efficiency design parameters, complete processor platform power draw can be limited to as low as 7.5W.

The VIA Chrome9 HC3 integrated graphics core provides full DirectX 9.0 support.

The VIA Chromotion video engine delivers a Hi-Def visual experience, including advanced video acceleration for MPEG-2, MPEG-4, WMV9, VC1 and DiVX video formats, plus a VMR capable HD video processor.

The built-in VIA Vinyl HD audio controller supports up to eight high definition channels with a 192kHz sampling rate, delivering a richer all-round digital media experience.

VIA's renowned memory controller technology supports the lower power, high-bandwidth DDR2 memory modules.

Wi-Fi connectivity is made easy, with added support for gigabit Ethernet networking (VIA VX800) and 10/100 Fast Ethernet.

Extended peripheral connectivity includes PCI Express (VIA VX800) for high bandwidth peripherals, plus hard drive connectivity up to SATA II as well as PATA (IDE), six USB2.0 ports and four PCI slots.

And an integrated multi-configuration LVDS transmitter enables display connection to embedded panels, as well as CRT monitors.

Special features for the consumer electronics and embedded markets include support for the low power device interfaces of SDIO, UART and SPI, as well as for the popular memory card interfaces of SD, MMC and MS.

The VIA VX800 Series chipsets will start shipping in April 2008.

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