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The Epia-N is a pioneer of sorts as it is the first Nano-ITX form factor motherboards by VIA. With measurements like 12cm x 12 cm VIA is finally releasing it this year and it incorporates VIA Luke 'CoreFusion' unit, Eden-N processor and Northbridge all in one unit. The 800MHz model doesn’t require a fan and because of the unique CPU design has a low heat output. While operating, the motherboard is extremely quite and when running on Linux, there is no noise at all (one up for Open Source supporters !) . Thus the Nano ITX is perfect for devices like console games, model cars and other systems where size, low power consumption or noise could be an issue.

The motherboard is extremely small and can fit inside a 5.25-inch drive bay easily but features a massive storage capacity. Ports include VGA, courtesy of onboard UniChrome Pro AGP graphics, RJ45 for networking, two USB 2 ports, microphone in, line out and line in ports via an AC-97 6-channel sound processor, plus an RCA/SPDIF port and an S-Video port. The Epia-N also features hardware decoding of MPEG 2 and MPEG 4 files and supports HDTV output and has a single DDR266/333/400 SODIMM slot.

Via Epia-N Motherboard source

Sourced By Tanya Palta. Edited by Colbert Low