VIA launches Vista-Ready VIA CN896 Chipset

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VIA Launches Vista-Ready VIA CN896 Chipset for Power-Efficient Desktop and
Embedded Systems.

Chipmaker VIA Technologies announced launch of VIA CN896 digital media IGP chipset, certified Vista-ready by Microsoft and designed to provide Original Equipment Manufacturers with a flexible platform for power efficient embedded and desktop Personal Computer systems.

At the heart of the VIA CN896 chipset is the VIA Chrome9 HC IGP (integrated graphics processor)featuring a DirectX 9.0 3D accelerator for high performance and a 2D accelerator for productivity applications, while the Chromotion video display engine boasts advanced hardware-based video processing and rendering such as MPEG-2 decoding acceleration and picture enhancement through adaptive de-interlacing and video deblocking technologies.

The VIA CN896 chipset supports the VIA V4 Bus for the power efficient VIA C7 and VIA Eden embedded processors and VIA C7-D desktop processors, which are recognized by Microsoft as designed for Windows Vista.

The VIA CN896 features a dedicated CRT interface as

well as flexibility for additional video ports such as DVI transmitter, LVDS transmitter, SDTV and HDTV TV encoder, providing customers with the ability to tailor VIA CN896 systems for use with flat panel displays, a wide variety of LCD panels, TFT color panels, DVI monitors and TV displays, with separate display engines enabling two outputs to display at the same time, with different information and at different resolutions, pixel depths and refresh rates. This greatly enhances the display options for customers designing thin clients, industrial PCs, point of sale machines, digital signage and other embedded products.

The VIA C7 processor-CN896 chipset combination provides all the flexibility in display options that embedded customers need, within a very low thermal profile," said Vice President of Product Marketing, VIA Technologies, Inc., Chewei Lin. "While in the desktop space, the VIA CN896 meets the requirements for systems that are currently in demand, whether small foot

print or standard sized, by providing a robust Vista capable solution with good upgrade options."

By passing the Microsoft Windows Vista logo tests, customers can design systems using the VIA CN896 PCI Express chipset with the assuredness of digitally signed drivers and trouble-free installation of Microsoft Windows Vista, including Ultimate, Enterprise, Business, Home Premium and Home Basic editions.