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Pico-ITX is a PC motherboard
Motherboard

A motherboard is the central printed circuit board in some complex electronic systems, such as modern personal computers. The motherboard is sometimes alternatively known as the mainboard, system board, or, on Apple Inc....
 form factor announced by VIA Technologies
VIA Technologies

VIA Technologies is a Taiwanese manufacturer of integrated circuits, mainly motherboard chipsets, Central processing unit, and computer memory, and is part of the Formosa Plastics Group....
 in January 2007 and demonstrated later the same year at CeBIT
CeBIT

CeBIT is the world's largest computer expo. Since 1986 it is held each spring on the Hanover fairground in Hannover, Germany, and is often regarded as a barometer of the state of the art in information technology....
. The formfactor was transferred over to SFF-SIG
SFF-SIG

The Small Form Factor Special Interest Group or SFF-SIG is an international non-profit standards body focused on the advancement of modular technologies used in embedded and small form factor computers and controllers....
 in 2008. The Pico-ITX form factor specifications call for the board to be 10 x 7.2 cm (3.9 x 2.8 in), which is half the area of Nano-ITX
Nano-ITX

Nano-ITX is a computer motherboard form factor first proposed by VIA Technologies at CeBIT in March 2003 , and implemented in late 2005. Nano-ITX boards measure 120 ? 120 mm , and are fully integrated, very low power consumption motherboards with many uses, but targeted at smart digital entertainment devices such as Digital video recorders, s...
. The processor can be a VIA C7
VIA C7

The VIA C7 is an x86 central processing unit designed by Centaur Technology and sold by VIA Technologies....
 or a VIA Eden
VIA Eden

VIA Eden is a name of a variant of VIA Technologies's VIA C3/VIA C7 CPU, designed to be used in embedded devices. They have smaller package sizes, lower power consumption, and somewhat lower computing performance than their C equivalents, due to reduced clock rates....
 V4 that uses VIA's NanoBGA2 technology for speeds up to 1.5 GHz, with 128KB L1 & L2 caches.






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Pico-ITX is a PC motherboard
Motherboard

A motherboard is the central printed circuit board in some complex electronic systems, such as modern personal computers. The motherboard is sometimes alternatively known as the mainboard, system board, or, on Apple Inc....
 form factor announced by VIA Technologies
VIA Technologies

VIA Technologies is a Taiwanese manufacturer of integrated circuits, mainly motherboard chipsets, Central processing unit, and computer memory, and is part of the Formosa Plastics Group....
 in January 2007 and demonstrated later the same year at CeBIT
CeBIT

CeBIT is the world's largest computer expo. Since 1986 it is held each spring on the Hanover fairground in Hannover, Germany, and is often regarded as a barometer of the state of the art in information technology....
. The formfactor was transferred over to SFF-SIG
SFF-SIG

The Small Form Factor Special Interest Group or SFF-SIG is an international non-profit standards body focused on the advancement of modular technologies used in embedded and small form factor computers and controllers....
 in 2008. The Pico-ITX form factor specifications call for the board to be 10 x 7.2 cm (3.9 x 2.8 in), which is half the area of Nano-ITX
Nano-ITX

Nano-ITX is a computer motherboard form factor first proposed by VIA Technologies at CeBIT in March 2003 , and implemented in late 2005. Nano-ITX boards measure 120 ? 120 mm , and are fully integrated, very low power consumption motherboards with many uses, but targeted at smart digital entertainment devices such as Digital video recorders, s...
. The processor can be a VIA C7
VIA C7

The VIA C7 is an x86 central processing unit designed by Centaur Technology and sold by VIA Technologies....
 or a VIA Eden
VIA Eden

VIA Eden is a name of a variant of VIA Technologies's VIA C3/VIA C7 CPU, designed to be used in embedded devices. They have smaller package sizes, lower power consumption, and somewhat lower computing performance than their C equivalents, due to reduced clock rates....
 V4 that uses VIA's NanoBGA2 technology for speeds up to 1.5 GHz, with 128KB L1 & L2 caches. It uses DDR2
DDR2

DDR2 can refer to:* DDR2 SDRAM* discoidin domain receptor tyrosine kinase 2...
 400/533 SO-DIMM
SO-DIMM

A SO-DIMM, or small outline dual in-line memory module, is a type of computer memory built using integrated circuits.SO-DIMMs are a smaller alternative to a DIMM, being roughly half the size of regular DIMMs....
 memory, with support for up to 1GB
Gigabyte

Gigabyte is an SI prefix-multiple of the unit byte for Computer data storage. Since the giga- prefix means 109, gigabyte means 1,000,000,000 bytes ....
. Video is supplied via AGP by VIA's UniChrome Pro II GPU with built-in MPEG-2
MPEG-2

MPEG-2 is a standard for "the generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information". It describes a combination of Lossy compression video compression and lossy audio data compression methods which permit storage and transmission of movies using currently available storage media and transmission bandwidth....
, 4
MPEG-4

MPEG-4 is a collection of methods defining Video compression of audio and visual digital data. It was introduced in late 1998 and designated a standardization for a group of sound and video coding formats and related technology agreed upon by the International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission Moving...
, and WMV9 decoding acceleration. The BIOS
BIOS

In computing, the Basic Input/Output System , also known as the System BIOS, is a de facto standard defining a firmware interface for IBM PC Compatible computers....
 is a 4 or 8 Mbit Award BIOS.

EPIA PX


PX10000G


The first motherboard that was produced in this form factor is called EPIA
EPIA

VIA EPIA is a series of mini-ITX, nano-ITX and pico-ITX motherboards with integrated VIA processors. They feature a small size and low power consumption, so are particularly popular in the embedded market....
 PX10000G. It is 10 x 7.2 cm (3.9 x 2.8 in) and 10 layers deep. The operating temperature range is from 0°C to about 50°C. The operating humidity level
Humidity

Humidity is the amount of water vapor in the air. In daily language the term "humidity" is normally taken to mean relative humidity. Relative humidity is defined as the ratio of the partial pressure of water vapor in a Air parcel of air to the saturated vapor pressure of water vapor at a prescribed temperature....
 (relative and non-condensing) can be from 0% to about 95%. It uses a 1 GHz VIA C7-M processor, a VIA VX700
VIA chipsets

This is a list of computer motherboard chipsets made by VIA Technologies....
 chip set, and is RoHS compliant.

It has onboard VGA video-out, VIA VT6106S 10/100 RJ45 Ethernet
Ethernet

Ethernet is a family of Data frame-based computer networking technologies for local area networks . The name comes from the physical concept of the Luminiferous aether....
, UDMA
Udma

Udma is a census town in Kasaragod district in the Indian States and territories of India of Kerala....
 33/66/100/133 44-pin PATA
AT Attachment

AT Attachment and AT Attachment Packet Interface are Electrical connector standardization for the connection of computer storage devices such as hard disks, solid-state drives, and CD-ROM drives in computers....
 (1x), and SATA
Sata

Sata is a traditional dish from the Malaysian state of Terengganu, consisting of spiced fish meat wrapped in banana leaves and cooked on a grill....
 (1x) I/O
I/O

I/O may refer to:* Input/output, a system of communication for information processing systems* The input-output model, an economic model of flow prediction between sectors...
. DVI and LVDS video-out, USB 2.0, COM, PS/2
PS/2 connector

The PS/2 connector is used for connecting some Computer keyboard and computer mouse to a PC compatible computer system. Its name comes from the IBM Personal System/2 series of personal computers, with which it was introduced in 1987....
 Mouse & Keyboard, and HD 5.1 channel audio (supplied by a VIA VT1708A chip) are supported through the usage of I/O pin headers and add-on modules/daughter cards.

It has been demonstrated running Microsoft
Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is a multinational corporation computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of computer software products for computing devices....
 Windows XP
Windows XP

Windows XP is a line of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptop, and media centers....
 and Windows Vista
Windows Vista

Windows Vista is one member in a family of operating systems developed by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business Desktop computer, laptops, Tablet PCs, and media center PCs....
. Modern versions of major Linux
Linux

Linux is a generic term referring to Unix-like computer operating systems based on the Linux kernel. Their development is one of the most prominent examples of free and open source software collaboration; typically all the underlying source code can be used, freely modified, and redistributed by anyone under the terms of the GNU GPL license...
 distributions, including Fedora Core
Fedora (operating system)

Fedora is an RPM Package Manager-based, general purpose operating system built on top of the Linux kernel, developed by the community-supported Fedora Project and sponsored by Red Hat....
 6 and Ubuntu 7.10, have also been shown to be able to run on it.

PX5000


This model is similar to the PX10000G, but uses the 500 MHz VIA Eden
VIA Eden

VIA Eden is a name of a variant of VIA Technologies's VIA C3/VIA C7 CPU, designed to be used in embedded devices. They have smaller package sizes, lower power consumption, and somewhat lower computing performance than their C equivalents, due to reduced clock rates....
 ULV
Ultra low voltage

Ultra low voltage is a class of processors that are deliberately underclocked to use less power at the expense of performance. This reduces the heat produced, and extends battery life, and so ULVs are often seen in subnotebooks, netbooks, and ultraportables and embedded devices....
 CPU.

There are two versions of this model, the PX5000G, which has an active (fan-assisted) heatsink, and the PX5000EG, which has a passive (fanless) heatsink.

Add-on Modules


(Note: Either the VIA PX-O add-on module or 4 USB 2.0 I/O are supplied in retail packages.)

The VIA PX-O daughter card supplies access to:
  • 1 RCA
    RCA connector

    An RCA jack, also referred to as a phono connector or Cinch connector, is a type of electrical connector that is commonly used in the audio/video market....
    -out for S/PDIF
    S/PDIF

    File:TOS LINK clear cable.jpgS/PDIF specifies a OSI model#Layer_2:_Data_Link_layer protocol and choice of OSI model#Layer_1:_Physical_layer specifications for carrying digital audio Signalling s between Peripheral devices and Hifi#Modularity....
     usage
  • 4 USB 2.0 ports
  • 1 3.5mm Mic-in, 1 3.5mm Line-out, 1 3.5mm Line-in
  • 1 Buzzer/speaker
  • 1 CN9 Connector (function TBC)
  • 1 CN10 Connector (function TBC).


The VIA VT1625M daughter card supplies access to:
  • 1 External TV-Out
  • 1 Video Capture Port.


The Serener PXFPIO (also labeled under VIA PX-DIO) is 109mm x 22mm in size and connects via a 120mm ribbon cable through a daughter card. This addon may require modification to the heatsink due to the size of the daughter card. It supplies access to:
  • Power & Reset switches
  • 3.5mm Audio in/out
  • S/PDIF-in
  • Power & HDD activity LEDs
  • 4 USB 2.0 ports


The VIA PX-TC daughter card, compatible with the PX10000G only, is designed to enhance the multimedia capture and output. It supplies access to:
  • 1 S-Video port
  • 1 Video-in port
  • 1 YPbPr
    YPbPr

    YPBPR is a color space used in video electronics, in particular in reference to component video cables. YPBPR is the analog signal version of the YCbCr color space; the two are numerically equivalent, but YPBPR is designed for use in analogue electronics whereas YCB     port
  • 1 S/PDIF-out


EPIA-P700


The second motherboard series in this formfactor, the P700 series improves upon the PX10000G series by offering a Gigabit Ethernet
Gigabit Ethernet

Gigabit Ethernet is a term describing various technologies for transmitting Ethernet frames at a rate of a Data rate units#gigabit_per_second, as defined by the IEEE 802.3-2005 standard....
 (Using the VIA VT6122 chipset) or a 10/100 Ethernet adaptor (VIA VT6107) as a manufacturing option, integrating the power adaptor (allowing for direct +12V DC-In & enabling it to directly power SATA), and making the Ethernet & VGA ports optional via the P700-A daughter card.

Expanded functionality is offered via the following pin I/O:
  • 1 LAN
  • 1 VGA/DVI
  • 1 COM Port
  • 1 Audio pin connector for Line-out, Line-in, MIC-in
  • 1 Front panel
  • 4 USB 2.0
  • 1 PS2 mouse/keyboard
  • 1 LVDS
  • 1 LPC/SM Bus/GPIO


The EPIA-P700-10L has a 1 GHz VIA C7 CPU.

The EPIA-P700-05LE has a 500 MHz VIA Eden ULV CPU and has a passive heatsink.

Add-on Modules


The P700 comes retail with the P700-A & P700-B daughter cards.

The P700-A supplies:
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • 1 VGA port
  • 1 COM port
  • DVI port via I/O cable


The P700-B supplies:
  • 4 USB 2.0 ports
  • 1 Buzzer
  • 1 Line-out, 1 Line-in, 1 MIC-in (3.5 mm)


Pico-ITXe


The Pico-ITXe
Pico-ITXe

Pico-ITXe is a PC Pico-ITX motherboard specification created by VIA Technologies and SFF-SIG. It was announced by VIA Technologies on October 29, 2008 and released in December 2008....
 specification adds on to the Pico-ITX formfactor by taking the EPIA-P700 and upgrading the chipset to a VX800
VIA chipsets

This is a list of computer motherboard chipsets made by VIA Technologies....
, doubling the maximum RAM to 2 GB, allowing for 667/533 SO-DIMM RAM, upgrading the GPU to VIA's Chrome9 HC3, and adding support for SUMIT
SUMIT

SUMIT? is an acronym, pronounced "Sum it", which stands for Stackable Unified Module Interconnect Technology.References ...
™. Another notable addition is the expansion from 10 to 12 layers thickness.

See also


  • Mini-ITX
    Mini-ITX

    Mini-ITX is a 17 x 17 cm low-power motherboard form factor developed by VIA Technologies. Mini-ITX is slightly smaller than microATX. Mini-ITX boards can often be passively cooled due to their low Thermal Design Power, which makes them useful for home theater systems, where fan noise can detract from the cinema experience....
  • Mobile-ITX
    Mobile-ITX

    Mobile-ITX is the smallest x86 compliant motherboard form factor. It was announced by VIA Technologies at Computex in June, 2007. The motherboard size is 75mm by 45mm, smaller than a business card....
  • EPIA
    EPIA

    VIA EPIA is a series of mini-ITX, nano-ITX and pico-ITX motherboards with integrated VIA processors. They feature a small size and low power consumption, so are particularly popular in the embedded market....
  • Ultra-Mobile PC
    Ultra-Mobile PC

    In personal computers, Ultra-Mobile PC is a term for small form factor for tablet PCs, originally codenamed Project Origami....


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