VIA previewing next-gen mini-itx board at computex

[n0cmonkey]

http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS4887107636.html

VIA will preview its next-generation mini-ITX board for the consumer electronics market at next week's Computex 2004 in Taipei. The EPIA SP features a new graphics and memory controller hub (GMCH) supporting faster front-side bus (FSB), memory, and southbridge interconnect speeds. It also features a C3 processor clocked at 1.3GHz, integrated PadLock Hardware Security Suite, and MPEG-4 acceleration.

The SP is the first in VIA's EPIA line of Mini-ITX mainboards to feature the CN400 GMCH. The CN400 replaces the CLE266 GMCH, adding support for 200MHz front-side bus speeds, a 1GB/s southbridge interconnect, and the ability to address up to 8GB of DDR400/333/266 RAM. The older CLE266 supported FSB speeds of only 133MHz, DDR266 RAM, and a 266MB/s southbridge interconnect.

Additionally, the CN400 supports MPEG-4 acceleration in hardware.

mmmm

 

[Wahsapa]

ya man, i was waiting for them to make bigger nano-itx boards. i think they might have messed up by releasing the nano-itx board with such a good chipset but left the mini-itx hanging but now both are finally caught up even tho you cannt find nano-itx boards for sale anywhere =\

i also want to check out the eve from moma
http://www.ministrymobile.com/
cant wait to get linux running on it.... or maybe just find a nano-itxboard and make my own hand held?

 

[Mik3y]

drool....

 

[Adul]

nice

 

[n0cmonkey]

I think the only feature these things are missing is the ability to run a console on the serial port.