Pico-ITX is a PC motherboard form factor announced by VIA Technologies in January 2007 and demonstrated later the same year at CeBIT. Mini-ITX is a 17 x 17 cm (or 693 x 693 Inches) low-power Motherboard Form factor developed by VIA Technologies. Embedded Platform for Industrial Computing (EPIC is a computer Form factor standard put forth by a combined effort from WinSystems VersaLogic Octagon Systems Micro/sys Nano-ITX is a computer Motherboard form factor first proposed by VIA Technologies at CeBIT in March 2003, and implemented in late 2005 COM Express, a Computer-on-module (COM form factor is a highly integrated and compact PC that can be used in a design application much like an integrated circuit ETX, standing for Embedded Technology eXtended, is a highly integrated and compact (3 ETX, standing for Embedded Technology eXtended, is a highly integrated and compact (3 PC/104 (or PC104) is an Embedded computer standard controlled by the PC/104 Consortium which defines both a Form factor Mobile-ITX is the smallest x86 compliant Motherboard Form factor. A motherboard is the central or primary Printed circuit board (PCB making up a complex electronic system such as a modern Computer or Laptop VIA Technologies ( is a Taiwanese manufacturer of Integrated circuits mainly Motherboard Chipsets CPUs, and memory, and January 2007 is the first month of that year It began on a Monday and 31 days later ended on a Wednesday. CeBIT ( Ce ntrum der B üro- und I nformations' t' echnik; German for "Centre of Office and Information technology" is the The Pico-ITX form factor specifications call the board to be 10 x 7. 2 cm (3. 9 in x 2. 8 in), which is half the area of Nano-ITX. Nano-ITX is a computer Motherboard form factor first proposed by VIA Technologies at CeBIT in March 2003, and implemented in late 2005 The processor can be a VIA C7 or a VIA Eden V4 that uses VIA's NanoBGA2 technology for speeds up to 1. The VIA C7 is an X86 Central processing unit designed by Centaur Technology and sold by VIA Technologies. VIA Eden is a name of a variant of VIA 's C3 / C7 processors, designed to be used in embedded devices 5 GHz, with 128KB L1 & L2 caches. It uses DDR2 400/533 SO-DIMM memory, with support for up to 1GB. A SO-DIMM, or small outline dual in-line memory module, is a type of Computer memory built using Integrated circuits. A gigabyte (derived from the SI prefix Giga-) is a unit of Information or Computer Video is supplied via AGP by VIA's UniChrome Pro II GPU with built-in MPEG-2, 4, and WMV9 decoding acceleration. S3 Graphics ' Chrome series of Graphics accelerators arrived in 2004 with the DeltaChrome line of chips MPEG-2 is a standard for "the generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information" MPEG-4 is a collection of methods defining compression of audio and visual (AV digital data Windows Media Video ( WMV) is a compressed Video file format for several proprietary Codecs developed by Microsoft. The BIOS is a 4 or 8 Mbit Award BIOS. In Computing, the BIOS (ˈbaɪoʊs A megabit is a unit of Information or computer storage abbreviated Mbit (or Mb) ^[1][2]

EPIA PX (currently the only motherboard series that uses the Pico-ITX form factor) has been demonstrated running Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista^[3]. Windows XP is a family of 32-bit and 64-bit Operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on Personal computers including home and Windows Vista (ˈvɪstə is a line of Operating systems developed by Microsoft for use on Personal computers including home and business desktops Major current flavours of Linux, including Fedora Core 6 and Ubuntu 7. Linux (commonly pronounced ˈlɪnəks The Fedora Operating system is an RPM -based general purpose Linux distribution, developed by the community-supported Fedora Project and sponsored Ubuntu Kubuntu Edubuntu Xubuntu Gobuntu --> Ubuntu 10, have also been shown to be able to run on it.

EPIA PX10000G

Top view of the EPIA PX10000G, Rev B with a dime for comparison of size.

Bottom view of the EPIA PX10000G, Rev B with a dime for comparison of size.

The first motherboard in this form factor is called EPIA PX10000G. It is 10 x 7. 2 cm and 10 layers deep. The operating temperature range is from 0°C to about 50°C. The Celsius Temperature scale was previously known as the centigrade scale. The operating humidity level (relative and non-condensing) can be from 0% to about 95%. Humidity is the amount of water vapor in the air In daily language the term "humidity" is normally taken to mean Relative humidity. It uses a 1 GHz VIA C7 processor, a VIA VX700 chip set, and is RoHS compliant. The Directive on the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment 2002/95/EC ( / commonly referred to as the Restriction of Hazardous ^[4] It has onboard VGA video-out, VIA VT6106S 10/100 RJ45 Ethernet, UDMA 33/66/100/133 44-pin PATA (1x), and SATA (1x) I/O. The term Video Graphics Array ( VGA) refers specifically to the display hardware first introduced with the IBM PS/2 line of computers in 1987, but through its widespread The 8 Position 8 Contact (8P8C modular plugs and sockets are communications connectors Ethernet is a family of frame -based Computer networking technologies for Local area networks (LANs AT Attachment with Packet Interface ( ATA/ATAPI) is a standard interface used to connect storage devices such as Hard disks Solid-state AT Attachment with Packet Interface ( ATA/ATAPI) is a standard interface used to connect storage devices such as Hard disks Solid-state In Computing, input/output, or I/O, refers to the communication between an Information processing system (such as a Computer) and the outside DVI and LVDS video-out, USB 2.0, COM, PS/2 Mouse & Keyboard, and 7. COM is the original yet still common name of the Serial port interface on IBM PC-compatible Computers It might not only refer to physical ports but The PS/2 connector is used for connecting some keyboards and mice to a PC compatible computer system 1 channel audio (supplied by a VIA VT1708A chip) are supported through the usage of I/O pin headers and add-on modules. ^[5][6]

The VIA PX-O add-on module supplies access to: 1 RCA-out for S/PDIF usage, 4 USB 2. An RCA jack, also referred to as a phono connector or CINCH/AV connector, is a type of Electrical connector that is commonly used in the audio/video S/PDIF specifies a Data Link Layer protocol and choice of Physical Layer specifications for carrying Digital audio 0 ports, 1 Mic-in, 1 Line-out, 1 Line-in, 1 buzzer/speaker, 1 CN9 Connector (function TBC), and 1 CN10 Connector (function TBC). (Note: Either the VIA PX-O add-on module or 4 USB 2. 0 I/O are supplied in retail packages. )^[7]

The VIA VT1625M add-on module supplies access to 1 External TV-Out and 1 Video Capture Port. ^[8]

See also

• Mini-ITX
• Mobile-ITX
• EPIA
• Ultra-Mobile PC

References

External links

• Pico-ITX Form-Factor White Paper
• Pico-ITX Initiative Website
• VIA EPIA PX Motherboard Series Home Page
• "EPIA PX-Series Pico-ITX Mainboard Operating Guide" (Version 1.1, 1.12MB PDF)
• EPIA-PX User’s Manual (Version 1.11, 478KB PDF)
• "World's first pico-itx review", the VIA PX10000G (mini-itx.com)