VIA Nano going to the desktop

Written by Abe OlandresPublished • November 2, 2008

Just like Intel, VIA is also aiming at the desktop (or more aptly called, nettops) with its Nano processors. VIA announces a mini-ITX board to power nettops and supports PCI Express 2.0.

The VIA VB8001 Mini-ITX board is 17×17 cm in dimension.

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1.6GHz VIA Nano CPU
Supports up to 4GB 533/667MHz RAM (2x2GB)
VIA Chrome9 HC graphics
2 x SATA (3 Gbps) connectors
1 x 16-Lane PCIe slot
1 x 32 Bit Mini PCI slot
2 x USB ports
Gigabit LAN
5.1-channel audio

We might be seeing more nettops from Taiwanese OEMs with VIA Nano in them. Asus and MSI already has a couple out in the market. It’s just the price-point issue that’s making them not as attractive as the netbooks.

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Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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