VIA Technologies has noted that it is planning to launch a new form factor – Mobile-ITX – between the end of 2008 and the first quarter of 2009. The form factor's size will be only half that of Pico-ITX, the company's smallest form factor currently, which measures 100×72mm.
Mobile-ITX will be able to support VIA Eden, C-7 and Nano processor-based platforms.
In other news, VIA recently showcased several robots using its Pico-ITX platform as controllers at the Taipei International Robot Show. The company noted that its low-power CPU and small form factor technologies could be effectively applied to robotics.

Robot powered by VIA technologies
Photo: Terry Ku, Digitimes, August 2008
Article translated by Joseph Tsai