VIA ships single-chip embeded VIA CX700 chipset

Posted on Wednesday, April 05 2006 @ 16:19 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

VIA today announced the VIA CX700 digital media IGP chipset for the VIA C7 and Eden processor platforms, the most advanced x86 embedded chipset that integrates all the cutting-edge features of a modern chipset's North and South bridges, including rich video graphics, HD audio, and DDR2 and SATA II support, into a single, compact and highly power-efficient package.

Features of the VIA CX700 chipset:

Processor Support	VIA C7 and VIA Eden processors
Front Side Bus	533/400MHz
Memory Support	DDR2 533/400/333 or DDR400/333
Max Memory	4 GB
AGP Support	AGP 8X
North/South Bridge Link	V-Link (533MB/sec)
Graphics Core	VIA UniChrome Pro
Hardware Video Acceleration	MPEG-2
Dual Monitor Support	Yes
Video De-blocking	Yes
Hardware Display Rotation	Yes
High Definition Audio	Yes
USB 2.0	6 ports
PCI Devices/Slots	4 Slots
Serial ATA	2 x SATA 150 devices or 2 x SATA II devices
IDE	1 EIDE channel up to 2 devices

The VIA CX700 is expected to be available in volume quantities later in Q2 2006. Pricing is available upon request.

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