Via has working samples of Mobile ITX board
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(InfoWorld) - The unveiling of Via Technologies Inc.'s tiny Mobile ITX motherboard turned headsÂ at last week's Computex exhibitionÂ in Taipei. But what the company didn't announce was that prototypes of the board are already running Windows XP. C.J. Holthaus, a CPU engineer at Via, demonstrated a device using a working Mobile ITX prototype during an interview. The board, which has been functional for about a month, was housed inside a nondescript aluminum case sporting a touchscreen display and Wi-Fi antenna. In a demonstration, Holthaus showed the Mobile ITX system boot Windows XP and play a movie. The prototype system uses a 1GHz C7-M ULV (ultra low-voltage) processor and a CX700 chipset, but Holthaus said running a 2GHz processor with the board is no problem. The board can hold either 256M bytes or 512M bytes of DDR2 memory, but those numbers will rise as memory makers increase the capacity of their chips. Measuring 7.5 centimeters by 4.5 cm, the Mobile ITX motherboard is smaller than a credit card and is designed for use in lightweight, portable devices. In recent years, Via has led an industry shift towards smaller motherboards, starting with the introduction of the Mini-ITX form factor, which measured 17 cm by 17 cm. Looking ahead, the company is likely to push these limits further, developing boards smaller than the Mobile ITX. "In another year or two we will come out with even smaller form factors," Wenchi Chen, Via's CEO, promised last week in a speech at the Via Technology Forum, which was held alongside the Computex exhibition in Taipei.ADVERTISEMENTIBM Information On Demand 2006Industrial Industry Leaders, please join us at IBM's premier information management global event, IBM Information On Demand 2006, October 15-20, Anaheim, CA. More IBM business and technical solutions content in one place than ever before! Select from  over 800 sessions. Register today!
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VIA Technologies has announced details of its 64-bit architecture based Isaiah processor core with the engineering code name &#39;CN&#39;.
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The flat-panel Atigo T/HB, designed for use in bright outdoor lighting, works as a wearable computer or as a wireless display.
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Via Technologies Friday announced the introduction of its K8T890 PCI Express chipset for Advanced Micro Devices&#39; (AMD) 64-bit processors.
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Chip maker will being testing the emerging, high-speed wireless technology.
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(InfoWorld) - Via Technologies plans to develop PC motherboards that are even smaller than theÂ business card-sized Mobile ITX productÂ it announced on Tuesday. "In another year or two we will come out with even smaller form factors," Wenchi Chen, Via's CEO, promised at the Via Technology Forum, which is being held alongside the Computex exhibition in Taipei. Chen used his keynote to unveil the Mobile ITX board developed by Via. Measuring 7.5 centimeters by 4.5 cm, the tiny motherboard pushes the limits of what's possible using currently available components. Over time, the integration of components, such as combining the CPU and chip set inside a single package to conserve space, will allow Via to shrink motherboard sizes further. "The single CPU chip will happen," Chen said. Via is a distant third in the microprocessor market, trailing far behind Intel and Advanced Micro Devices. But the company has found a small and growing niche in the market for low-power processor designed for small computers. Four or five years ago, that primarily meant small desktop computers based on Via's Mini-ITX motherboards, which measure 17 cm by 17 cm. But now hardware makers are putting Via's chips into small mobile devices. Samsung ElectronicsÂ last year became the first top-tier vendor to embrace Via's mobile chips, putting them inside its Q1 ultramobile PC. Since then, Hewlett-Packard has used Via's chips in a low-power desktop PC for China, and a string of vendors have announced portable computers based on them. One of those companies is OQO, which uses a Via processor in its OQO model 02 ultramobile computer, which it bills as the smallest Windows Vista computer on the market. Other ultramobile devices that use Via's processors include theÂ NanoBook reference designÂ announced Tuesday, and Giga-byte Technology's U60, which was sold in Taiwan through a partnership with Chunghwa Telecom, which bundled the device with its 3.5G mobile service. "It sold out in the first 20 minutes, faster than anything they'd experienced," Chen said. And more is to come. Over the next six months, Via will announce deals with more vendors for ultraportable devices based on its chips, Chen said. Â
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Because life's isn't just a bowl of BlackBerries Workshop roundup As mobility has entered the mainstream, most of the focus to date - at least in the media and among analysts - has been on connecting up mobile professionals via BlackBerries, Windows Mobile devices and laptop data cards.â¦
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Haptic feedback - it's the new herpes Mobile World Congress I'm only here because of a terrible misunderstanding. When the News Editor asked if I wanted to go to "Mobile World Congress", I naturally jumped at the chance. Pictures of caravans, camping equipment and motorized Zimmer Frames swam before my eyes. You know - really useful stuff. Some of the best design and technology goes into camping clobber these days, and as the proud owner of a JetBoil, I began to plot how I could blag some accessories.â¦
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Gabe: We did a really awesome project (can I say it"s awesome, is that okay?) for Wired magazine. You can either go pick up the most recent issue and read it there or check it out on their site. They asked us to do a piece for them handicapping all three of the next generation systems. We tried to be as fair as we could and hopefully you"ll get a kick out of it.
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What is sexy? We spent some time last week discussing requirements for mobile devices and got quite a bit of feedback on how to select and deploy the right kit for professional users.â¦
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(InfoWorld) - Via Technologies has developed a processor that consumes a maximum of 1 watt of power and is intended for use in mobile devices and embedded applications. The latest Eden ULV chip was announced on Thursday at the Embedded Systems Conference in Taipei, where customers showed off systems based on the chip. Previously, the lowest power chip in the Eden lineup was the 1GHz Eden ULV, which consumes a maximum of 3.5 watts. The 500MHz version consumes 0.1 watt of power in idle mode. Like other Via processors, the 500MHz Eden ULV processor is based on the same x86 instruction set found in CPUs from Intel and Advanced Micro Devices and is capable of running Windows or Linux. But instead of desktop PCs or laptops, the new chip is intended for embedded applications, like point-of-sales systems, thin-client computers, set-top boxes, and security systems. The chip uses the same Esther processor core found in Via's line of C7 processors. The latest Eden ULV chip, which is manufactured using a 90-nanometer process, is paired withÂ Via's CX700 chip set, which combines both the Northbridge and Southbridge chips inside a single package to conserve space in a computer. The CX700 consumes up to 3.5 watts, but system makers can reduce this by disabling some of the chipset's functions, such as USB ports or the SATA interface for hard drives. Via, which is a distant third in the CPU market behind Intel and AMD, has long championed the development of cheap, low-power processors that can operate without elaborate heatsinks or fans. These chips allow hardware makers to build devices that are smaller, quieter, and cost less than most PCs.
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VIA Technologies today announced that its VIA K8T890 series chipsets will support the new AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 processor and AMD Athlon 64 processor 4000+.
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Mobile processor is designed for use in thin and light notebooks.
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Powerful computer processor will be modified for mobile devices.
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New Mobile ITX board measures just 7.5 centimeters by 4.5 cm and uses Via's C7 processor.
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Chip-making technique to fuel AMD64, PowerPC, 'Cell' production
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Exploring PDA 'transmission technologies', apparently