Taiwan’s Via Technologies next month will begin shipping a new motherboard series and chipset designed to be used in consumer electronics products.The EPIA EX series motherboard is a mini-ITX board, measuring 17 by 17 centimeters, the company said Thursday. The EX series board will be available in volume during January in two versions: the EX 15000G and EX 10000EG, which are designed to run with Via’s low-power 1.5GHz and 1GHz C7 processors, respectively.Pricing for the boards, which are now available in sample quantities, was not disclosed.The boards are the first based on Via’s CX700M chipset, which includes a UniChrome II graphics core and a hardware HDTV encoder, as well as the memory and peripheral interfaces used in traditional PC chipsets. Integrating all of these functions into a single chip allows computers to be smaller and consume less power. The EX motherboards and the CX700M are intended for use in small computers for consumer electronics applications, such as a digital set-top box. They will be on display at next month’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Via said. By Sumner Lemon, IDG News Service (Singapore Bureau) Via Brings the Internet to Poor Nations: Q&A Two Via Chipsets Get Windows Vista Certified Microsoft to Dish Out Free Vista at CESCheck out our CIO News Alerts and Tech Informer pages for more updated news coverage. Related content brandpost Rebalancing through Recalibration: CIOs Operationalizing Pandemic-era Innovation By Kamal Nath, CEO, Sify Technologies Jun 08, 2023 6 mins CIO Digital Transformation brandpost It’s time to evolve beyond marketing to create meaningful metaverse moments Insights on the results of the Protiviti and Oxford University survey: Executive Outlook on the Metaverse, 2033 and Beyond By Kim Bozzella Jun 08, 2023 6 mins Digital Transformation feature 10 hottest IT jobs for salary growth in 2023 The demand for tech workers hasn’t slowed down, as rising salaries reveal the most sought-after tech professionals for 2023, according to data from Dice. By Sarah K. White Jun 08, 2023 8 mins Salaries IT Jobs Careers interview Oshkosh CIO Anu Khare on IT’s pursuit of value The specialty truck maker’s IT chief sees tech-enabled transformation being fueled by a relentless focus on strategic fit and customer value — and passionate business involvement. By Dan Roberts Jun 08, 2023 9 mins Automotive Industry Manufacturing Industry IT Strategy Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe