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VIA Eden ULV – The 1-Watt CPU

By Chris Scott Barr on Thursday, Aug 23rd 2007 No Comments

In recent times the focus of chip makers has shifted from raw performance to a harmony between power consumption and performance. VIA has just announced the most power efficient x86 processor currently being produced.

VIA Eden

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Vostro Line is No Longer the Only Crapware Free PC’s

By James Allan Brady on Thursday, Jul 19th 2007 No Comments

Wal-Mart will soon be selling the Everex IMPACT GC3502. The box includes the CPU, keyboard, mouse, and speakers. Best part, it only costs $300.

Everex Wal-Mart PC

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VIA debuts new Mini-ITX board

By Chris Scott Barr on Wednesday, Jun 27th 2007 No Comments

VIA EPIA LT If you’re in the market for a smaller-than-usual motherboard, chances are you’ll end up with a Mini-ITX board, as it is increasingly growing in popularity. VIA has several different boards based on this form-factor, and have just recently released a new one.

The VIA EPIA LT features dual-LAN and dual LVDS and comes with either a 1.5GHz or 1.0GHz processor. If you’re looking for a silent configuration, you’ll want to go with the 1.0GHz model. It has a variety of I/O ports including four (yes four) COM ports, a PCI slot and 6 USB ports.

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Everex announces CE260 Ultra-Mobile Device based on VIA NanoBook UMD

By Ewdison Then on Tuesday, Jun 12th 2007 No Comments

Everex announces CE260 Ultra-Mobile Device based on VIA NanoBook Everex is releasing a new Ultra-Mobile device called CE260 in the United States. The CE260 is based on VIA’s NanoBook Ultra-Mobile Device reference design.

The CE260 is expected to be available during the second half of 2007 and it will have a very low starting price.

The VIA’s NanoBook Reference Design uses clamshell form factor and sports a 7-inch 840-by-480 resolution screen with touch panel. It is powered by VIA C7-M processor and weight less than 1.87 lbs. VIA claimed that the reference NanoBook have a battery life up to five hours.

NanoBook-Based Ultra Portable Laptop Coming to the U.S. [via brighthand]

VIA’s new NanoBook UMPC concept will spawn production model

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Jun 5th 2007 No Comments

Our friends over at VIA have pushed some photos our way of their latest reference design, the NanoBook ultraportable. A sub-850g mini notebook with 7-inch WVGA 800 x 400 touchscreen and VIA’s 1.2GHz C7-M ULV power-sipping processor, it bridges the gap between UMPCs and traditional subnotebooks.

Via NanoBook

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Via ship Pico-ITX micro-motherboard

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, May 22nd 2007 3 Comments

We wrote about the Pico-ITX form-factor back in January, calling Via’s 100 x 72mm motherboard “the new standard” in micro computing; well, the first design to hit the shelves is the EPIA PX10000G, complete with a 1GHz C7 CPU and support for up to 1GB of SDRAM.

VIA Pico-ITX EPIA PX10000G

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Intel Tolapai – North meets South

By Ewdison Then on Tuesday, Feb 6th 2007 No Comments

Intel has been on the innovative side recently nailing AMD and other competitors with its new core micro-architecture lineup. It has not stop Intel from bagging more market share on other spaces like the embedded CPU market. By packing both North Bridge and South Bridge into a single chip, Intel manage to produce a new embedded chip called Tolapai using 65nm manufacturing to compete in embedded market against VIA’s C7 and AMD’s Geode.

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Pico-ITX, motherboard standards keep getting smaller

By Chris Scott Barr on Monday, Jan 29th 2007 2 Comments

I know that all of you modders out there just can’t wait for a smaller motherboard to cram into you newest custom-cases. It looks like the wait will be over soon. Via, who already makes some of the smallest boards around is gearing up for the release of their newest standard called pico-ITX. Measuring in at 3.9 x 2.8 inches, it only takes up half of space of their current Nano-ITX boards.

Looking at the picture, you can get a feel for the size by looking at how large the VGA and ethernet ports seem. Also, you will notice that those are the only two two ports that are built onto the board. Your other connections will be connected via pin headers, so be prepared to run plenty of cables.It is going to sport a C7 processor running at 1GHz, so it’ll run about anything you’d expect to run off of a system this small.

So once again, VIA is setting the new standard in tiny computing, much to the delight of modders everywhere. Now the only thing left to do is figure out what to put it in.

Via’s incredible shrinking mobo line spawns “pico-ITX” [via LinuxDevices]

Modular UMPC concept for couch, conference and desk

By Chris Davies on Sunday, Oct 29th 2006 No Comments

Ultra Mobile Life, Via’s UMPC blog, has been busy with their graphics tablets again, producing this mighty fine concept of what a Modular UMPC might look like. Consisting of a central core unit, complete with full-front touchscreen, which can then be augmented by a snap-on keyboard accessory creating a layout not dissimilar (though far cooler looking) to the Pepperpad 3. UML see this as your portable VOIP speakerphone, presentation-giving multi-purpose filofax killer, and they could just be right. Be sure to check out what they have in mind for those desktop powerhouse moments, after the cut…

Modular UMPC concept