Steatite Introduces the VIA VB8004 Mini-ITX board

Key Features
• Integrated VIA Chrome9™ HC DX9 3D/2D graphics with VC1, MPEG-2, WMV9 and H.264decoding acceleration
• Supports high-bandwidth DDR3 memory, up to 4GB
• Supports two SATA hard drives
• Supports one Gigabit Ethernet
• Supports six USB 2.0 ports
• Supports two COM ports
• Accepts DC power input
• Expansion I/O connector for one 4-lane PCIe, one 1-lane PCIe and one USB
• Supports one DVI-I port, one HDMI port and one single channel 24-bit LVDS panel connector

The VIA VB8004 Mini-ITX board features a comprehensive array of on-board I/O, including one HDMI port, one DVI port, a one channel 24-bit LVDS, one GigaLAN port, six USB 2.0 ports, and support two SATA hard drives and high-bandwidth DDR3 memory, up to 4GB . The VIA VX900 MSP features the high performance VIA ChromotionHD 2.0 video processor, offering advanced filtering and cutting edge-processing to perform ultra smooth decoding of MPEG-4/AVC, H.264, MPEG-2, WMV-HD, and AVS video for Blu-ray content, bringing rich 1080p HD video content to life for advanced digital signage and gaming applications.

In addition to providing native support for dual-displays, the VIA VB8004 Mini-ITX mainboard can also be easily upgraded to support four displays using an additional VIA S3 5400E graphics module, providing developers the widest possible variety of multi-display configurations, including HDMI, LVDS, and DVI technologies.

The VB8004-A adds in the VIA S3 5400E dedicated graphics module, a daughter card specially designed to provide advanced multimedia capabilities for next-generation embedded applications and is the best-in-class energy efficient DX10.1 GPU on the market today.

The S3 5400E dedicated graphics module supports DX10.1, Shader Model 4.1, OpenGL 3.1, and OpenCL 1.0, and a host of video playback technologies for stunningly smooth HD playback at resolutions of up to 2560 x 1600 pixels. It offers an excellent blend of graphics functionality, performance, power, longevity and stability for reliable, high quality embedded graphics solutions.