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VIA Embedded Boards Comparison
Form Factor Pico-ITX Nano-ITX Mini-ITX
Model EPIA PX EPIA NR EPIA NX EPIA N EPIA NL EPIA SN EPIA EX EPIA EK EPIA EN EPIA CN
Fanless No Yes Yes or No Yes or No Yes or No Yes or No Yes or No Yes Yes or No Yes or No
NanoBGA2 C7®/ NanoBGA2 C7®/
Processor NanoBGA2 C7® NanoBGA2 C7® NanoBGA2 C7® NanoBGA2 C7® NanoBGA2 C7®
EdenTM Luke CoreFusionTM Luke CoreFusionTM Luke CoreFusionTM EdenTM
North Bridge CN896 CN700 CN700
VX700 CX700M2 CX700/ CX700M2 CX700M2
South Bridge VT8237R Plus VT8237R Plus VT8251 VT8237R Plus VT8237R Plus VT8237R Plus
Integrated VIA Integrated VIA Integrated VIA Chrome9TM Integrated VIA
Integrated VIA Integrated VIA Integrated VIA Integrated VIA Integrated VIA Integrated VIA
UniChromeTM Pro II 3D/2D UniChromeTM Pro II 3D/2D HC 3D/2D Graphics with UniChromeTM Pro II 3D/2D
UniChromeTM Pro II 3D/2D UniChromeTM Pro AGP UniChromeTM Pro AGP UniChromeTM Pro AGP UniChromeTM Pro AGP UniChromeTM Pro AGP
Graphics AGP Graphics with MPEG-
AGP Graphics with MPEG-
AGP Graphics with MPEG-
Graphics with MPEG-2/4 Graphics with MPEG-2/4
DirectX® 9.0 compatible Graphics with MPEG-2/4
Graphics with MPEG-2/4 Graphics with MPEG-2 Graphics with MPEG-2
2/4 & WMV9 Decoding 2/4 & WMV9 Decoding and MPEG-2 Decoding & WMV9 Decoding
2 Decoding Acceleration Decoding Acceleration Decoding Acceleration Decoding Acceleration Decoding Acceleration Decoding Acceleration
Acceleration Acceleration Acceleration. Acceleration
1 x DDR2 533 1 x DDR2 533 1 x DDR2 533 1 x DDR2 533 1 x DDR400 SODIMM 2 x DDR2 667/533 1 x DDR2 533 DIMM 1 x DDR400 DIMM 1 x DDR2 533 DIMM 1 x DDR2 533 DIMM
System Memory SODIMM socket SODIMM socket SODIMM socket SODIMM socket socket DIMM sockets socket socket socket socket
(Up to 1GB) (Up to 1GB) (Up to 1GB) (Up to 1GB) (Up to 1GB) (Up to 4G, see NOTE) (Up to 1GB) (Up to 1GB) (Up to 1GB) (Up to 1GB)
USB 4 x USB 2.0 6 x USB 2.0 6 x USB 2.0 6 x USB 2.0 8 x USB 2.0 6 x USB 2.0 6 x USB 2.0 8 x USB 2.0 6 x USB 2.0 8 x USB 2.0
Audio HD HD HD 6 Channel 6 Channel HD HD 6 Channel 6 Channel 6 Channel
10/100Mbps 10/100Mbps 10/100Mbps 10/100Mbps 2 x 10/100Mbps
LAN 10/100Mbps 10/100Mbps 10/100Mbps Gigabit 10/100Mbps
(optional Gigabit) (optional Gigabit) + Gigabit (optional Gigabit) (1 optional Gigabit)
IDE 1 x ATA 100/133 1 x ATA 100/133 1 x ATA 100/133 2 x ATA 100/133 2 x ATA 100/133 1 x ATA 100/133 1 x ATA 100/133 2 x ATA 100/133 2 x ATA 100 2 x ATA 100/133
SATA 1 2 2 1 1 4 2 2 2 2
1 Mini-PCI
PCI N/A 1 Mini-PCI 1 Mini-PCI 1 Mini-PCI 1 Mini-PCI 1 1 1 1
1 PCI-E x16
Optional 4 COM Optional 4 COM Optional 4 COM
ports support is ports support is ports support is
1 2 4 2
Com Port available through available through 1 2 available through 1
(pin header) (pin headers) (3 pin headers) (1 pin header)
LPC interface with a LPC interface with a LPC interface with a
daughter card daughter card daughter card
Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
TV Out (an add-on card is N/A N/A N/A Yes
(HDTV resolution) (HDTV resolution) (HDTV resolution) (HDTV resolution) (HDTV resolution)
required)
IEEE 1394 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 (pin header) N/A 1 (pin header) N/A
Operating
050 050 050 050 050 050 050 050 050 050
Temperature
DVI-03 DVI-04 EXT-PCI
LPC-01 LPC-01
LPC-01 LPC-01 LPC-01 EXT-PCI EXT-PCI DVI-03
LPC-02 LPC-02
LPC-02 LPC-02 LPC-02 LPC-01 DVI-03 LPC-01 EXT-PCI
PUSB-01 LVDS-08 LVDS-07
Optional PUSB-01 LVDS-07 LVDS-08 LPC-02 LVDS-07 LPC-02 PUSB-01
PWB-N550 PUSB-01 PUSB-01
Accessories WLAN USB Module
PWB-N550
PWB-N550
PUSB-01
PWB-N550
PUSB-01 PUSB-01 PUSB-01 LVDS-07 PWB-M120
WLAN Min-PC PWB-N550 PWB-M120 PWB-M120 PWB-M120 PUSB-01 WLAN USB Module
WLAN Min-PC WLAN Min-PC
WLAN USB Module WLAN Min-PC WLAN Min-PC WLAN USB Module WLAN USB Module PWB-M120
WLAN USB Module WLAN USB Module
WLAN USB Module WLAN USB Module WLAN USB Module
NOTE: System resources (such as BIOS, PCI, AGP, etc.) require physical memory address locations that reduce available memory addresses above 3GB.
This may result in less than 4GB of memory being available to the operating system and applications.
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VIA Embedded Boards Comparison
Form Factor Mini-ITX
Model EPIA LT EPIA LN EPIA PE EPIA M EPIA ML EPIA VB7001
Fanless Yes or No Yes No No Yes or No Yes or No No
Processor NanoBGA2 C7® NanoBGA2 C7® C3® EBGA C3®/ EdenTM EBGA C3®/ EdenTM EBGA C3®/ EdenTM NanoBGA C7®-D
North Bridge CN700 CLE266 CLE266 CLE266 PLE133 CN700
CX700/ CX700M2
South Bridge VT8237R Plus VT8235M VT8235M VT8235M VT8231 VT8237R Plus
Integrated VIA Integrated VIA Integrated VIA Integrated VIA Integrated VIA Integrated VIA
UniChromeTM Pro AGP UniChromeTM Pro AGP UniChromeTM AGP UniChromeTM AGP UniChromeTM AGP Integrated AGP 4X UniChromeTM Pro AGP
Graphics Graphics with MPEG-2 Graphics with MPEG-2 Graphics with MPEG-2 Graphics with MPEG-2 Graphics with MPEG-2 Graphic Engine Graphics with MPEG-2
Decoding Acceleration Decoding Acceleration Decoding Acceleration Decoding Acceleration Decoding Acceleration Decoding Acceleration
1 x DDR2 533 DIMM 1 x DDR2 533 DIMM 1 x DDR266 DIMM 1 x DDR266 DIMM 1 x DDR266 DIMM 2 x PLE133 DIMM 1 x DDR2 533 DIMM
System Memory socket socket socket socket socket sockets socket
(Up to 1GB) (Up to 1GB) (Up to 1GB) (Up to 1GB) (Up to 1GB) (Up to 512MB) (Up to 1GB)
USB 6 x USB 2.0 8 x USB 2.0 6 x USB 2.0 4 x USB 2.0 4 x USB 2.0 4 x USB 1.1 6 x USB 2.0
Audio HD 6 Channel 2 Channel 6 Channel 6 Channel 2 Channel 6 Channel
2 x 10/100Mbps
LAN 10/100Mbps 2 x 10/100Mbps 10/100Mbps 10/100Mbps 10/100Mbps 10/100Mbps
(1 optional Gigabit)
IDE 1 x ATA 100/133 2 x ATA 100/133 2 x ATA 100/133 2 x ATA 100/133 2 x ATA 100/133 2 x ATA 100/133 2 x ATA 100/133
SATA 2 2 N/A N/A N/A N/A 2
PCI 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
4 4 2 2
Com Port 1 1 1
(3 pin headers) (3 pin headers) (1 pin headers) (1 pin header)
TV Out Optional Yes N/A Yes Yes (specific SKU) N/A Yes
IEEE 1394 N/A N/A N/A 2 (pin header) N/A N/A N/A
Operating
050 050 050 050 050 050 045
Temperature
EXT-PCI EXT-PCI
EXT-PCI DVI-01
LPC-01 LPC-01
DVI-01 EXT-PCI EXT-PCI EXT-PCI EXT-PCI
Optional LPC-02 LPC-02
LVDS-05 LVDS-05 PUSB-01 PUSB-01 PUSB-01
Accessories PUSB-01 PUSB-01
PUSB-01 PUSB-01 WLAN USB Module WLAN USB Module PWB-M120
PWB-M120 PWB-M120
WLAN USB Module WLAN USB Module WLAN USB Module
WLAN USB Module WLAN USB Module
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