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Mobo for Vertically Challenged Devices

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the imagine-the-potential dept.

An anonymous reader writes "VIA is shipping an ultra-low profile mini-ITX mainboard suitable for flat TVs, LCD-panel computers, and other vertically challenged devices. The Epia MS uses a minimalistic I/O backplate and SODIMM memory for a slimmer form-factor, and is VIA's first mini-ITX board available with a fanless 1GHz Eden embedded processor. The board has several processor options, but they all include the PadLock Ace hardware RNG and AES encrypt/decrypt features that are now supported by the Linux and BSD kernels."

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  1. Thickness??! by morcheeba · · Score: 5, Informative

    For a board that concentrates on being thin, I find it surprising that that dimension isn't listed. It's not on Via's product listing for this board and it's not in the user's manual (pdf).

    Visually, i'm guessing that it is thicker than the 0.75" base of my PowerBook, but I'd like to know the real size...

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  2. Re:Firewall? Please? by tokul · · Score: 5, Informative

    Epia CL

    I think they do listen.

  3. The quiet and small PC movement by Zoinks · · Score: 5, Informative

    It may come as a surprise to some, but there's quite a lot of interest in very small and very quiet PCs. Just check out this site as a for instance. And there's also this review on Tom's Hardware site.