Con il comunicato stampa di seguito allegato, VIA Technologies ha annunciato la piattaforma Surfboard con la quale punta ad arricchire il mercato dei sistemi mobile con una nuova categoria, quella dei NetNote, che nelle intenzioni del maker si va a collocare tra quella dei netbook e quella dei notebook.

In accordo a VIA, i dispositivi realizzati con l'ausilio della piattaforma Surfboard hanno da un lato la portabilità tipica dei netbook e dall'altro la potenza di calcolo e le funzionalità multimediali offerte dai notebook.

VIA ha sostanzialmente presentato due motherboard Surfboard Ready, siglate rispettivamente VIA VT6552 e VIA VT6549. Entrambe sono basate sul chipset, o meglio media system processor, VIA VX855 e sono compatibili con i processori a basso consumo VIA C7-M ULV e VIA Nano.

Questa piattaforma può essere abbinata a display con dimensione che va da 10.2-inch a 12.1-inch ed è in grado di offrire accelerazione hardware per numerosi formati di codifica video, tra cui H.264, MPEG-2/4, VC-1 e WMV9 (l'IGP è implementato mediante il chip VIA Chrome9 HCM che utilizza fino a 512MB della memoria centrale, ndr).

VIA VT6552

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VIA VT6549

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Taipei, Taiwan, 16 September 2009 - VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator of power efficient x86 processor platforms, today announced additions to its growing range of VIA Surfboard mainboards along with turnkey systems designed to enable a new category of NetNote mobile computing devices.

A mashup between the netbook and the traditional notebook, the NetNote combines the portability and affordability of a netbook with the functionality and HD entertainment capabilities of a notebook in a light, high performance clamshell mobile device with long battery life, screen sizes of between 10.2" - 12.1", and support for flawless playback of high bit-rate 1080p HD video.

"NetNotes are illustrative of the type of device that is possible after artificial restrictions on screen size, resolution and connectivity are removed," said Richard Brown, Vice President of Marketing, VIA Technologies, Inc. "Light, snappy ultra mobile devices with notebook-level functionality are what consumers want and what the NetNote category of device provides."

Combining the highly-integrated VIA VX855 media system processor with a choice of VIA C7-M ULV or VIA Nano processors, two new VIA Surfboard NetNote Edition Platforms provide high-quality, energy-efficient and feature-rich "ready to build" solutions for manufacturing NetNote devices.

Additionally, complete VIA NetNote Turnkey Systems offer customers a quick, low cost approach to entering the mobile computing market or expanding their current product portfolio.

Along with support for hardware acceleration of a broad variety of leading video standards including H.264, MPEG-2/4, VC-1 and WMV9, NetNotes come with a host of other advanced features including an optional HDMI port and a choice of integrated 3G connectivity modules.

The new VIA Surfboard NetNote Edition platforms and VIA NetNote Turnkey Systems have initially been made available to members of the VIA Global Mobility Bazaar (GMB) Program - an alliance of leading China hi-tech manufacturers focused on harnessing the country’s emerging manufacturing base and rapid domestic growth to bring innovative mobile computing devices to China and other fast-emerging markets around the world.

Over 40 companies in the VIA GMB Alliance have developed more than sixty mobile systems based on VIA SurfBoard platforms since its establishment in October 2008. All have expressed support for the new NetNote category, and the first NetNote products are expected to be introduced into the market later this month.

Through the provision of high quality, high performance building blocks such as VIA platforms and turnkey systems, the VIA GMB Alliance aims to build up the mobile device ecosystem in China ultimately enabling manufacturers to offer innovative, affordable mobile solutions to global markets.

The new VIA NetNote platforms and systems will be on show at the next VIA Global Mobility Bazaar Alliance event to be held on Friday 25 September in Shenzhen, China. Further details can be found at:
www.via.com.tw/en/company/events/2009gmb-techforum-autumn

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