14 DAY TRIAL // VIA Technologies has just announced that its Nano platform, featuring a Nano processor and the new VX855 Media System processor, and the Pico-ITXe form factor it has developed, have just received the “Best of Computex” award from the Taiwan Computer Association and the Taiwan External Trade Council, which confirms the company's efforts to provide its customers with the best solutions on the market. As announced before, VIA plans to showcase its latest innovations along with awarded products during the Computex 2009 show, starting one week from now.
“We are delighted to receive this award and the attention it brings to VIA’s focus on producing innovative, leading-edge mobile platform hardware,” said Epan Wu, director of CPU Product Marketing, VIA Technologies, Inc. “Together, the VIA VX855 chipset and VIA Nano processor offer the ideal blend of performance and power efficiency needed to address the key requirements of today's small form factor and mobile PC systems.”
VIA's VX855 chipset has been specifically built for low-power computer systems that can deliver an optimum balance between performance and power saving. Due to be showcased at VIA's booth at Computex 2009, the platform makes use of the VIA Nano processor, built on Fujitsu's 65nm process technology. Additional features of the low-power chipset include an integrated DDR2 memory controller, support for up to 6 USB 2.0 ports and the integrated VIA Chrome9 graphics processor.
“VIA has continually sought to deliver ground-breaking form factor designs that make compact, flexible system design easier than ever before,” said Daniel Wu, vice president of VIA Embedded, VIA Technologies, Inc. “Pico-ITXe has helped transform the small form factor landscape, with many key industry players producing compatible Pico-IO modules.”
The Pico-ITXe motherboard represents another innovation coming from the x86 chip maker. Measuring 10cm x 7.2cm, the Pico-ITXe form factor has been designed in collaboration with the Small Form Factor Special Interest Group (SFF-SIG) and features unique SUMIT connectors. The board will be showcased at Computex, along with the company's low-power Nano platform.