VIA Reintroduces Two Boards, Now Supporting QuadCore CPUs

It looks like VIA are up to setting new trends when it comes to the world of small-format computers/ motherboards.

Two 2011-based motherboards come back with a new blast, supporting quad-core processors and promising a new level of computing performance: EPIA-M900 and M910.

This motherboard can host either the QuadCore E-Series processor, or the 1.6 GHz dual-core VIA Nano X2 E-Series CPU. Users can take advantage of the VX900 Media System Processor (also known as MSP), loaded with the ChromotionHD 2.0 video chip, allowing better performance for the high-definition multimedia.

VIA EPIA-M900 can accommodate up to 8 GB DDR3 and sports a hefty array of connectors, at least for its diminutive 17 cm x 17 cm size: LAN, HDMI, VGA, no less than 4 USB 2.0 ports, a COM connector and 3 audio jacks.

As VIA declares, the EPIA-M900 comes with "an onboard PCIe x16 slot (with effective speed up to PCIe x8) and one PCI slot is accompanied with pin headers providing one dual channel 24-bit LVDS support (including backlight control), an additional three COM ports, a further four USB 2.0 ports and one USB device port, LPC support, 2 Digital I/O, SPDIF out and an SMBus header."

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