For prototype or production, the VIA
ARTiGO Builder Kit provides a compact,
15- by 11- by 4-cm, x86 platform. The
system uses between
15 and 20 W from the PWB-N550 power
board, and the case still has space for a
2.5-in. hard disk or flash drive. The $300
kit is based on VIA Technologies’ Pico-ITX
board running a 1-GHz VIA C7 processor
that can handle up to 1 Gbyte of DDR2 533
small-outline dual-inline memory-module
(SO-DIMM) system memory. Interfaces
include a 10/100 Fast Ethernet port, a VGA
display port, plus four USB2.0 ports. Headphones
and microphone jacks are brought
out. The VIA UniChrome Pro II IGP 3D/2D
video support includes MPEG-2/4 and
WMV9 hardware decoding acceleration.
VIA TECHNOLOGIES
www.via.com.tw
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