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Press release, September 18; Joseph Tsai, DIGITIMES [Monday 21 September 2009]
VIA Technologies has announced a new mobile computing device category, NetNote, that combines the company's Surfboard motherboard along with turnkey system design. NetNote, a new market segment VIA hopes to create positioned between netbooks and traditional notebooks, combines the portability and affordability of a netbook with functionality and entertainment capabilities of a notebook in a light, high performance clamshell mobile device with long battery life, screen sizes between 10.2- to 12.1-inch, and support for playback of high bit-rate 1080p HD video, said VIA. Combining the VIA VX855 media system processor with a choice of VIA C7-M ULV or VIA Nano processors, two new VIA Surfboard NetNote Edition platforms are available, enabling system designers the opportunity to create high-quality, energy-efficient and feature-rich solutions for manufacturing NetNote devices, said VIA. Along with support for hardware acceleration of a variety of video standards including H.264, MPEG-2/4, VC-1 and WMV9, NetNotes come with features including an optional HDMI port and a choice of integrated 3G connectivity modules. | VIA Surfboard NetNote turnkey platform specifications | | Platform name | VIA VT6552 | VIA VT6549 | | Processor | VIA C7-M ULV 800MHz FSB or VIA Nano 800MHz FSB | | Chipset | VIA VX855 Media System processor | | Display resolution | Internal resolutions: up to 1366 x 768 pixels External resolutions: up to 1920 x 1440 pixels | | Graphics | VIA Chrome9 HCM IGP with memory share architecture, up to 512MB | | Memory support | One SO-DIMM socket, support DDR2 667/800 up to 2GB | | Audio codec | VIA Vinyl VT1702S | | Ethernet | VIA Rhine VT6107 10/100Mb | | Embedded controller | ITE8502E | | Card reader | Genesys GL827S | ITE IT1337E | | PATA to SATA | Sunplus SPIF223B | Marvell 88SA8052-TBC2 | | Clock generator | IDT ICS9UM701AKLF-T | | USB extension | USB hub (option) | | Battery | 24.4Wh(3S1P) / 10.8V (3.6V x 2.2AH x 3 cells) Default | | 48.8Wh (3S2P) /10.8V (3.6V x 2.2AH x 6 cells) | | DC jack | AC 110~240V, DC 20V@40W | | Audio jack | Mic-In, HP-Out | | VGA output | D-sub VGA Output | | USB port | 2 ports | | LAN jack | RJ45 | | LVDS | Yes | Yes | | Mini-PCIE | 2 sockets with USB interface only | | SIM card | Yes | Yes | Sources: VIA, compiled by Digitimes, September 2009 
VIA Surfboard NetNote Turnkey platform
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