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VIA EPIA N Nano-ITX Mainboard Receives Prestigious 'Best of Computex' Award for Miniaturization and Brilliance in Design

World's smallest full-featured mainboard recognized for innovation in speeding up miniaturization of the PC platform for x86 consumer electronics equipment

Computex, Taipei, Taiwan, 1 June 2004 - VIA Technologies, Inc., a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced that the tiny VIA EPIA N-Series Nano-ITX Mainboard received the coveted 'Best of Computex' award from the Taiwan Computer Association (TCA) and the Taiwan Trade Council (TAITRA) during a ceremony earlier today.

The award clearly underlines VIA's leadership in miniaturization and excellence in low power x86 platform design and is testimony to the industry-wide move towards x86 entertainment devices with consumer electronics appeal. The cool operation and innovative low profile design of the VIA EPIA N Nano-ITX mainboard make it ideal for designer styled entertainment devices such as flat panel TV PCs and digital set top boxes.

"We are very excited about the award as it provides recognition for the ground-breaking work that VIA is doing in miniaturizing the PC platform," said Steven S. Lee, Head of the VIA Embedded Platform Division, VIA Technologies, Inc. "With its small size and ultra low power consumption, we expect the VIA EPIA N to help us expand our customer base further into the consumer electronics space and explore new device categories that are not available to competing x86 platforms."

The Best of Computex award follows an award for the VIA Eden Platform from PC Welt (a leading IDG publication in Germany) as the Best Hardware Platform during CeBIT 2004, affirming VIA's breadth of expertise in ultra low power embedded platform design and industry-leading miniaturization. Live demonstrations of the VIA EPIA N Nano-ITX mainboard are on display at Computex 2004, Hall 2, booth F181.

About the VIA EPIA N-Series Nano-ITX mainboard

Measuring a mere 12cm x 12cm and combining the highly efficient VIA Eden-N processor and VIA CN400 digital media chipset, the VIA EPIA N-Series Nano-ITX mainboard provides an unequalled visual experience for smart digital media and mobile entertainment devices. The Chromotion CE Video Display Engine in the VIA CN400's UniChrome Pro IGP graphics core provides unmatched support for intelligent video rendering techniques and flawless MPEG-4/2 digital video playback on all display types from CRT and LCD screens to standard definition TVs and HDTVs. The VIA EPIA N features a robust shared memory architecture and support for up to 1GB of DDR400/333/266 memory with the acclaimed FastStream64™ memory controller, and a high speed Ultra V-Link interface for a 1GB/s connection to VIA's feature-leading South Bridge options.

Incorporating the VIA Eden-N processor's PadLock Hardware Security Suite, the VIA EPIA N-Series Nano-ITX mainboard provides high quality entropy from two VIA PadLock Random Number Generators (RNGs) and market leading AES encryption rates through the VIA PadLock Advanced Cryptography Engine (ACE). Additionally, the VIA Eden-N processor employs PowerSaver 3.0 power management technology to help extend battery life for mobile devices based on the VIA EPIA N-Series Nano-ITX mainboard.

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