VIA Technologies has announced the VIA Epia P700 Pico-ITX motherboard that couples several features within a streamlined, ultra compact footprint designed for low profile systems, with extended I/O port options through two companion boards.
The board featuring native SATA 3Gb/s support, Gigabit LAN, and support for GPIO, SM bus and LPC devices, and measuring 10×7.2cm is based on the VIA VX700 unified digital media IGP chipset and is powered by a 1GHz VIA C7 or fanless 500MHz VIA Eden ULV processor. An integrated power adapter coupled with the 5V S-SATA power cable negates the need for a separately powered daughterboard, saving considerable space for ultra compact systems.
The VIA Epia P700 also features two companion boards – the P700-A board features an RJ45 port, a VGA port and a COM port, while the P700-B sports four USB ports and three audio jacks for multi-channel surround sound. The two companion boards fit seamlessly with the linear pin-headers on either side of the VIA Epia P700 to enable ultra low profile devices.
| VIA EPIA-P700 Pico-ITX motherboard specifications | |
| Item | Detail |
| Model Name | VIA EPIA-P700-10L |
| Processor | 1.0GHz VIA C7 processor |
| Chipset | VIA VX700 Unified Digital Media IGP chipset |
| System Memory | 1 x DDR2 533/667 SO-DIMM socket, Up to 1GB memory size |
| VGA | Integrated VIA UniChrome Pro II 3D/2D AGP graphics |
| Onboard IDE | 1 x UltraDMA 133/100 Pin Connectors with 2.0mm 44-pin right-angle type |
| Onboard Serial ATA | 1 x SATA connector |
| Onboard LAN | 1 x VIA VT6122 Gigabit LAN controller (a connector board is required or |
| Onboard Audio | VIA VT1708B High Definition Audio Codec |
| Onboard I/O Connectors | 1 x LAN pin header |
| Operating System | Windows XP, Linux, Win CE, XPe |
| Form Factor | Pico-ITX (10-layer) |
Source: Company, compiled by Digitimes, June 2008
VIA EPIA-P700 Pico-ITX motherboard
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