Via Debuts Smallest PC Mobo Format Yet

An anonymous reader writes "Via is readying a media-oriented motherboard in what could be the next popular size for small form-factor PCs: Pico-ITX. The 'Epia PX' board measures 3.9 x 2.8 inches and features a 1GHz C7 processor, along with rich audio/video I/O, albeit mostly on pin headers. Pico-ITX measures 3.9 x 2.8 inches (10 x 7.2 cm) — exactly half the surface area of Via's already small 4.7 x 4.7-inch (12 x 12cm) Nano-ITX standard, and considerably smaller than the original 6.7-inch square (17 x 17cm) mini-ITX standard."

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[macadamia_harold]

Via is readying a media-oriented motherboard in what could be the next popular size for small form-factor PCs: Pico-ITX.

I like the Pine client as much as the next guy, but does it really need its own motherboard form-factor?

Nice, but... standardization of laptops is better

[zakezuke]

I'm all for the micronization of the PC. I'm all for such pico-boards being employed in stand alone devices such as DVD players so I as the end user could load up my own set of custom codecs, or better yet plop in the latest and greatest drive.

I'm also for all cases of higher power efficency, and reduction of waste.

But my biggest complaint are laptops, the lack of standardization. There is no agreed upon standard for screens, main boards, power supplies, ect... ect. They are very much presently a throw away technology.