mobile-ITX
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Mobile-ITX is the smallest (by 2009) x86 compliant motherboard form factor presented by VIA Technologies in December, 2009. The motherboard size (CPU module) is {{convert|60|xx|60|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.via.com.tw/en/resources/pressroom/pressrelease.jsp?press_release_no=4287|title=VIA Mobile-ITX Brings Further Miniaturization and Greater Flexibility to Embedded Devices|accessdate=|date=2009-12-01|publisher=VIA Technologies, Inc|location=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091205032921/http://www.via.com.tw/en/resources/pressroom/pressrelease.jsp?press_release_no=4287|archive-date=2009-12-05|url-status=dead}} There are no computer ports on the CPU module and it is necessary to use an I/O carrier board. The design is intended for medical, transportation and military embedded markets.
History
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The Mobile-ITX form factor was announced by VIA Technologies at Computex in June, 2007. The motherboard size of first prototypes was {{convert|75|xx|45|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.via.com.tw/en/resources/pressroom/pressrelease.jsp?press_release_no=1310 |title=VTF2007: VIA Mobile-ITX Mainboard Will Expedite PC2.0 Transition |accessdate=2008-10-08 |date=2007-06-06 |publisher=VIA Technologies, Inc |location=Taipei, Taiwan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120174810/http://www.via.com.tw/en/resources/pressroom/pressrelease.jsp?press_release_no=1310 |archive-date=2008-11-20 |url-status=dead }} The design was intended for ultra-mobile computing such as a smartphone or UMPC.
The prototype boards shown to date include a x86-compliant 1 GHz VIA C7-M processor, 256 or 512 megabytes of RAM, a modified version of the VIA CX700 chipset (called the CX700S),{{Cite web |url=http://www.epiacenter.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1108 |title=Mini-ITX, Nano-ITX and Pico-ITX related news - VTF 2007 - Next Stop: Mobile-ITX |access-date=2007-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070723203650/http://www.epiacenter.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1108 |archive-date=2007-07-23 |url-status=usurped }} an interface for a cellular radio module (demonstration boards contain a CDMA radio), a DC-DC electrical converter, and various connecting interfaces.
At the announcement, an ultra-mobile PC reference design was shown running Windows XP Embedded.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUz_PtAt468 YouTube - Computex 2007 - Mobile-ITX Demo]
Notes and references
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20091229082529/http://www.via.com.tw/en/downloads/whitepapers/initiatives/spearhead/WP091201-ITXFormFactor.pdf Mobile-ITX Specification]
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