OT: VIA preps very small mobo = less than 7 inches square]

["Chris Bond" <chris@xxxxxxx>]

Thought this might be of interest to some people on here, its from the
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Malcolm Cartledge" <malcolm@xxxxxxx>
To: <consume-thenet@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 3:01 PM
Subject: Re: [consume-thenet] [norami@xxxxxxx: Article: VIA preps very
small mobo = less than 7 inches square]


> Bruce M Simpson wrote:
> >
> > FYI
> >
>
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> > Subject: Article: VIA preps very small mobo = less than 7 inches
square
> > Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 11:15:34 -0800
> > From: John Oram <norami@xxxxxxx>
> > CC: freebsd-small@xxxxxxx
> >
> > <http://www.theregus.com/content/3/24274.html>
> > 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
> > <http://www.via.com.tw/en/VInternet/mini_itx.jsp>
> >
> > 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. ®
>
> ...which is still rather bigger than a standard industrial wafer
>    card (145x102mm, the same size as a 3.5" HDD)
>
> ...which is also rather bigger than the standard pc/104 board
>    format (97x92mm)
>
> ...which is quite a lot bigger than Digital logic's smartmodule
>    (68x51mm)
>
> ...and then there are the SO-DIMM size boards from Jumptec and
>    EMJ (68x40mm)
>
>
> Presumably VIA don't regard any of these as 'motherboards' in a
> philosophical sense (this is pronounced the same as 'marketing hype')
>
>
> Malcolm C
>
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