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The VIA EPIA N700 Nano-ITX Board |
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Written by Stew
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Monday, 18 August 2008 |
 VIA continued its commitment to uncompromisingly compact x86 devices with the release of its VIA EPIA N700 Nano-ITX board late last week . The VIA EPIA N700 is the first Nano-ITX form factor board to sport VIA's latest VIA VX800 unified chipset and promises to be a firm favourite with embedded developers and enthusiasts alike.
With your choice of either a 1.5GHz VIA C7 processor or a 500MHz VIA Eden processor (the famous 1 watt chap), the VIA EPIA N700 has more ports than previous Nano-ITX boards, which predominantly used pin-headers for connecting devices, thus making it that bit more user-friendly. The N700 has a Gigabit network port, VGA and COM ports as well as two USB ports right on the board.
While only 12cm x 12cm in size, the EPIA N700 is no slouch when it comes to features. The unified VIA VX800 chipset, or media system processor if you prefer, is essentially a combination of North and South bridge chips, which saves valuable real estate, and offers all the features you'd ever need. These include S-ATA, IDE, Audio, VGA, LVDS support as well as a mini PCI port, compact flash slot and our signature VIA Padlock security features.
Although it was designed specifcally for embedded developers (think industrial PCs or automation devices), it'd be a perfect board for making a mini-PC or homemade mod machine, having all the essential ingredients, i.e. tons of features, compact size, low heat and as stable as a stone rocking horse.
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Friday, 14 November 2008
это тоже хочуууу!!!!!