VIA Technologies today announced the VIA EPIA-M900 Mini-ITX board, the first Mini-ITX board to feature a VIA Nano X2 E-Series dual core processor.
The board is powered by an 1.6GHz 64-bit VIA Nano X2 E-Series processor and the
VIA VX900 unified all-in-one media system processor to deliver HD video
performance, HD audio and HDMI support in a compact package.
"The VIA EPIA-M900 brings high performance VIA dual core computing power to
embedded devices for the first time," said Epan Wu, Head of the VIA Embedded
Platform Division, VIA Technologies, Inc. "It will enable the creation of a
wealth of innovative next generation digital signage, POS, Kiosk, ATM, home
automation, healthcare and media client system design applications."
Measuring 17cm x 17cm the VIA EPIA-M900 Mini-ITX board features the 1.6GHz dual
core VIA Nano X2 E-Series processor. The VIA Nano X2 E-Series is combined with
the VIA VX900 MSP, supporting up to 8GB of DDR3 system memory and featuring the
VIA ChromotionHD 2.0 video processor.
64-bit VIA Nano X2 E-Series dual core processors include VIA VT virtualization,
a technology that allows legacy software and applications to be used in virtual
scenarios without impacting performance. The VIA AES Security Engine offers
hardware-based data encryption on the fly.
The VIA ChromotionHD 2.0 video engine boasts hardware acceleration for the
latest VC1, H.264, MPEG-2 and WMV9 HD formats at screen resolutions of up to
1080p without affecting CPU load. The VIA EPIA-M900 also features the VIA Vinyl
VT2021 HD audio codec which supports Blu-ray and HD DVD Audio Content
Protection.
Rear panel I/O includes a Gigabit LAN port, HDMI port, VGA port, four USB 2.0
ports, one COM port and three audio jacks. An onboard PCIe x16 slot (with
effective speed up to PCIe x8) and one PCI slot is accompanied with pin headers
providing one dual channel 24-bit LVDS support (including backlight control), an
additional three COM ports, a further four USB 2.0 ports and one USB device
port, LPC support, 2 Digital I/O, SPDIF out and an SMBus header.