VIA VN800 - Delivering an Exceptional Hi-Def™ Visual and Audio Experience for Notebooks

Optimized to deliver a great Hi-Def™ visual experience when playing digital video content, the VIA VN800 mobile IGP chipset offers the latest in VIA mobile technologies such as the highly efficient VIA V4 bus interface, VIA Flexi-Bus Technology, advanced power management features and support for DDR2.

By harnessing VIA's unique Flexi-Bus Technology, the VN800 enables support for both the all new VIA C7-M™ and Intel® Pentium® M processors. Designed with mobility in mind, the VIA VN800 is optimized for ultra low power consumption to maximize battery life, and features advanced ACPI support to enable the VIA VN800 to power down certain functions of the chipset when not in use. Further, when paired with the VIA C7-M processor, the VIA VN800 offers support for VIA PowerSaver™, which acts as a throttle to lower the CPU’s frequency and voltage when the workload is light, reducing overall CPU power consumption by up to 50 percent.

The VIA VN800 features a high bandwidth VIA V4 bus to allow communication between the chipset's North and South bridges at 533MB/sec. When combined with solutions such as the market-leading VIA VT8237A South Bridge and a broad array onf VIA companion chips, the VIA VN800 provides a comprehensive range of storage, multimedia and connectivity features, including native Serial ATA and support for 6-channel or 8-channel VIA Vinyl Audio, VIA Velocity™ Gigabit Ethernet and wireless LAN connectivity, USB2.0, and 1394.

Leveraging an advanced shared memory architecture, the VIA VN800 integrates the VIA UniChrome™ Pro Integrated Graphics Processor (IGP) ensuring optimal performance for all multimedia, entertainment, and productivity applications. With an internal data flow equivalent to the latest AGP 8X graphics cards, a 200MHz 2D/3D graphics engine features dedicated 128-bit data paths for pixel data flow and texture/command access.



VIA UniChrome Pro IGP also features the Chromotion CE Video Display Engine, raising the bar for digital entertainment support on PC systems.

The Chromotion CE Video Display Engine employs a multi-faceted approach to displaying multimedia content, implementing a number of advanced tools at every stage of video processing. These include integrated MPEG-2 decoding, for flawless digital video playback with ultra-low CPU-utilization, and advanced rendering tools such as Adaptive De-Interlacing and Video Deblocking, which ensure clearer playback of digital content on all display devices such as CRT, LCD, standard definition TV and HDTV up to 1080p resolution*.

Features of VIA VN800

Benefits of VIA VN800

VIA UniChrome™ Pro IGP Graphics Core
The 128-bit 2D graphics engine enables acceleration of high quality graphics features, allowing all productivity applications to run with the best appearance possible while not sacrificing system performance. The 128-bit 3D graphics engines features dual pixel rendering pipes for advanced 3D rendering, and is capable of two textures per pass with a triangle rate up to 4.5 million triangles per second, a pixel rate up to 200 million pixels per second, and a texel bilinear fill rate up to 400 million texels per second.

The VIA UniChrome Pro IGP graphics core also integrates the Chromotion CE Video Display Engine featuring an MPEG2 Decoder, Adaptive De-Interlacing, Video Deblocking, and a comprehensive range of hi-def outputs.

Advanced Memory Controller
VIA's acclaimed FastStream64 memory controller enables lightening fast memory access speeds and optimal system performance, supporting up to 4GB of DDR266, 333, or 400 memory.

High Performance CPU Interface
The VIA VN800 mobile chipset supports connections to the new VIA C7-M mobile processor as well as the latest Intel® Pentium® 4 Processors supporting 800MHz FSB and Hyper-Threading technology, including Prescott core based processors.

VIA Vinyl Multichannel Audio Suite
Delivering rich, warm surround sound at resolutions as high as 24/96 through up to six- or eight-channel outputs, the VIA Vinyl Audio 5.1 surround sound and VIA Vinyl Gold Audio 7.1 surround sound enables crisp, clear performance, representing the highest levels of audio quality in a mainstream integrated or onboard solution.

Unified VIA Hyperion 4in1 Drivers
VIA's unified approach to drivers has been established for eight generations of chipsets, allowing end users to benefit from seamless hardware and software compatibility.

*Requires connection to a 1080p HDTV compatible TV-Out or DVI encoder chip

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Key Features

» Full support for VIA C7-M processors as well as support for the latest Intel® Pentium® M processors
» Supports 800/533/400MHz Front Side Bus Settings
» Supports up to 4GB DDR2 or DDR Memory
» V-Link 533 MB/s high bandwidth North/South Bridge interconnect
» Full Featured Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) compliant with AGP 8X/4X
» Integrated VIA UniChrome Pro Graphics
» Optimized Unified Memory Architecture (UMA)
» 200MHz Graphics Engine Clock with separated 128-bit data paths
» 128-bit 2D and 3D Graphics Engine
» Chromotion CE Video Display Engine
- MPEG-2 Decoder
- Video Deblocking
- Adaptive De-Interlace
- Full HDTV support up to 1080p
» Two 8-bit Video Capture Ports
» Three 12-bit Digital Video Ports for connection to TV out, Video Capture In, and external TMDS transmitter
» Full Software support including Microsoft DirectX 7.0, 8.0, 9.0 and Open GL support
» Support for VIA Vinyl Gold 8-channel Audio controller & integrated VIA Vinyle 6-channel Audio
» Serial ATA support for up to 4 devices
» Integrated V-RAID with RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, and JBOD (SATA) support
» Parallel ATA133/100/66 support for up to 4 devices
» Support for up to 8 USB 2.0/USB 1.1 ports
» Support for VIA Velocity Gigabit Ethernet companion controller & Integrated 10/100 Fast Ethernet
» Advanced System Power Management Support including ACPI/On Now

Resources

	VIA VN800 press release
	VIA VN800 image kit