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VIA to announce C7 processor CN700 Mini-ITX boards at CeBit?
February 22, 2006

Sooner or later they are going to have to announce them. And when they do, we'll be able to show you pictures like this.

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The "Rundfunker"
February 18, 2006

The Rundfunker may look like a classic radio, but is actually a custom built Linux powered MP3 player that plays files shared over a wireless LAN. The project was created by a 5-strong team at the FH Augsburg, University of Applied Sciences. The case is constructed from painstakingly varnished MDF and a one-off Aluminium front panel. The team designed an interface module for the rotary dial and buttons - with a microcontroller to squirt information through a serial port header on the motherboard. They created an open source Knoppix based Linux derivative, called it Troubadix and booted it from the Compact Flash slot of the EPIA MS 10000 Mini-ITX motherboard inside. There's a 20x4 LCD display in the front. A custom java applet mimics the front panel and can be accessed by a web interface. An integrated amplifier drives the 2 way speaker system.

One day all Mini-ITX projects will be like this.

The "Rundfunker"

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VIA EPIA N10000 Nano-ITX Review
February 10, 2006

The EPIA N and EPIA NL are the first motherboards from VIA Technologies to be released in their 12cm x 12cm 'Nano-ITX' form factor. We managed to track down a 1GHz EPIA N10000 model ahead of the official release date and put it through its paces.

VIA's Nano-ITX has had a long and difficult birth. Originally announced in 2003, it has undergone several board redesigns since the first prototypes shown. In the meantime, Apple have successfully shrunk their boards to similar sizes, followed by AOpen, and (we expect) Shuttle sometime this year. VIA cannot claim to have invented the small form factor, but have certainly popularised it with their Mini-ITX motherboards. In an increasingly crowded marketplace, can they do the same for the ultra small form factor with the EPIA N?

VIA EPIA N10000 Nano-ITX Review

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