VIA Pico-ITX about as small as a deck of playing cards

zekrahminator · Apr 21, 2007, 01:36 AM

Most of you know that AMD is trying to save power and space by releasing the Micro-ITX platform. VIA has decided that they want in on this market, and so they went and made their own little thing. And when I say little, I mean little. Measuring in at barely 100mm x 72mm (full ATX is 1200mm x 960mm), VIA's new motherboard comes with onboard network, processor, graphics, and is completely fanless. Just like AMD, VIA is trying to make a platform that not only is extremely tiny, but power-efficient. Have a look.

Source: Nordic Hardware

n-sanity · Apr 21, 2007, 01:47 AM

Mmm.... 7.1 eax / d-live mp3 players... i like

kwchang007 · Apr 21, 2007, 01:53 AM

ummm WOW. what happened to laptops being small? you're talking about a "ultra-portable laptop" in a PDA motherboard size, that's craziness. I really do think that this'll be something that ends up in PDA's though, or maybe at school/work they'll have docking stations and you just drop in your pico-itx and start working.

ktr · Apr 21, 2007, 02:09 AM

Holy shit...i thought that nano-itx (4in x 4in) was small...

russianboy · Apr 21, 2007, 02:26 AM

This can give us an opportunity to push major performance into a small space, imagine a PDA w/ EAX 7.1 and a processor that can power a desktop computer w/ XP installed.

I hope this takes off well.

n-sanity · Apr 21, 2007, 02:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by russianboy

This can give us an opportunity to push major performance into a small space, imagine a PDA w/ EAX 7.1 and a processor that can power a desktop computer w/ XP installed.

I hope this takes off well.

Thats funny... what with us russians and 7.1 eax ?

WarEagleAU · Apr 21, 2007, 03:06 AM

OMG, sound like that and a processor. Talk about a killer HTPC...I love it.

ktr · Apr 21, 2007, 03:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WarEagleAU

OMG, sound like that and a processor. Talk about a killer HTPC...I love it.

no where near a HTPC...more for a car-puter or something.

Wile E · Apr 21, 2007, 03:35 AM

That's insane. I want one. lol. Imagine taking an old ATX mid tower, modding it, and then throwing like 8 of these in there for a server farm. lol.

OnBoard · Apr 21, 2007, 03:45 AM

Casemodders wet their pants

You can build like a computer inside a CD-drive, plenty room left for a laptop hdd. Or slap it on the backside of an LCD, hook it up to the VGA in and you can still use your desktop PC for DVI. 2 computers in one with just press of a button (to change input signal). Now where is that lottery win, so I can try those out xD

jocksteeluk · Apr 21, 2007, 03:48 AM

wouldnt the internals of say a Pda be even smaller with practically the same specs?

ktr · Apr 21, 2007, 03:48 AM

hmmm...its just one inch shorter only on on side compared to nano itx...

http://www.logicsupply.com/index.php/cPath/87

i prefer nano over pico.

jydie · Apr 21, 2007, 03:55 AM

That is incredibly small!!

But, where does the memory go? And how do you plug in a mouse and keyboard? Obviously, I have never used one of these. But, the possibilities are endless. Go spend $10 on a set of Legos, and build your own case.

aximbigfan · Apr 21, 2007, 03:59 AM

can anyone say "home file server"?

chris

ktr · Apr 21, 2007, 04:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jydie

That is incredibly small!!

But, where does the memory go? And how do you plug in a mouse and keyboard? Obviously, I have never used one of these. But, the possibilities are endless. Go spend $10 on a set of Legos, and build your own case.

memory probably under the board. and there are cables that you plug into the headers to get keyboard and all...

btw...the cpu aint the big chip in the middle, its the smaller chip on the left...

aximbigfan · Apr 21, 2007, 04:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ktr

memory probably under the board. and there are cables that you plug into the headers to get keyboard and all...

btw...the cpu aint the big chip in the middle, its the smaller chip on the left...

lol, the chipset is bigger then the cpu... i think thats a first...

anyon know what the fab proc on that proc is?

chris

ktr · Apr 21, 2007, 04:19 AM

it has a VIA c7 @ 1ghz...

L1 & L2 both have 128kb cache
the FSB is 400mhz.
TDP max is around 3.5...
90nm...

Zubasa · Apr 21, 2007, 04:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ktr

it has a VIA c7 @ 1ghz...

L1 & L2 both have 128kb cache
the FSB is 400mhz.
TDP max is around 3.5...
90nm...

Not bad since you are not gona game on that anyways

WeStSiDePLaYa · Apr 21, 2007, 05:56 AM

why are people even mentioning EAX? its only usefull for gaming. and this wouldnt be any good for games. so yay for pointlessness?

tkpenalty · Apr 21, 2007, 06:24 AM

Mant they should at least have a pcie port made into a SATA-like connector, with one end being small and the other being the standard PCI-E port... then you can have an external GPU. But holy shit thats tiny...

ktr · Apr 21, 2007, 06:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WeStSiDePLaYa

why are people even mentioning EAX? its only usefull for gaming. and this wouldnt be any good for games. so yay for pointlessness?

realtek ac97 has eax 2.0 for who knows how long now (before skt A!)...i doubt they gonna make a special audio chip just for this.

ex_reven · Apr 21, 2007, 07:50 AM

Introducing the Pico ITX!
Now with DX10 Graphics!

Wile E · Apr 21, 2007, 07:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ex_reven

Introducing the Pico ITX!
Now with DX10 Graphics!

Only you Reven.

ex_reven · Apr 21, 2007, 07:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wile E

Only you Reven.

only me what

?

WeStSiDePLaYa · Apr 21, 2007, 04:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ktr

realtek ac97 has eax 2.0 for who knows how long now (before skt A!)...i doubt they gonna make a special audio chip just for this.

And that relates to my post stating that EAX is uselss for anything besides gaming how?

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