From owner-freebsd-small Tue Mar 12 11: 9:41 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Received: from borg.inreach.com (mail.unlimited.net [209.142.2.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 819CB37B419 for ; Tue, 12 Mar 2002 11:09:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from unlimited.net (209-142-4-28.stk.inreach.net [209.142.4.28]) by borg.inreach.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A7131B6D7 for ; Tue, 12 Mar 2002 11:09:30 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <3C8E53D6.AB965FAA@unlimited.net> Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 11:15:34 -0800 From: John Oram X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en,pdf MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Subject: Article: VIA preps very small mobo = less than 7 inches square Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG VIA preps very small mobo By Drew Cullen Posted: 03/11/2002 at 09:03 EST VIA Technologies is expected to launch a very small format motherboard this month. Called the mini-ITX, the fully integrated mobo measures up at 170mm x170mm (yes, it's square - {6.69 inches} ), making 50 per cent smaller than the FlexATX form factor, VIA claims. The Mini-ITX is supplied with an 800MHz Eden x.86 C3 processor (in EBGA packaging), incorporating 128K L1 and 64K L2 cache; integrated AGP2 graphics 2X; PC100/133 SDRAM support etc. You can check out more spec here The board will retail for around $100, and gets its first mainstream outing at CeBIT this week. The Mini ITX is targeted at the embedded market - expect most units to disappear into printer routers and the like; but VIA is also reporting 'grassroots interest' in the product from home PC and commercial system builders. The Mini-ITX may be small, but it is not 40 per cent smaller than any other form factor around, as VIA believes. The Danish firm, maker of the M-Series PC, deploys a 157mm x146mm mobo. ® To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message