EPIA

The EPIA platform from VIA Technologies is a collective term for a range of highly integrated mainboards in mini , nano or pico ITX design that are equipped with one or two VIA C3 , VIA C7 or EDEN ESP CPUs.

These mainboards are mainly used in the embedded area, but also include set-top boxes , routers , thin clients and low-cost PCs.

All EPIA mainboards have:

• integrated graphics ( IGP ) with VGA connection and / or DVI connection .
• at least one LAN connection
• AC97 sound with three connections (line-out, line-in and mic-in) mostly as jack sockets
• 2 × ATA / ATAPI (IDE slots) for UltraDMA 133/100

Models

Pico-ITX

EPIA PX

• Processor: 1 × VIA C7 with 1000 MHz
• Chipset: VIA VX700 Unified Digital Media IGP Chipset
• Main memory: 1 DDR2-533 SO-DIMM socket (max. 1024 MB)
• Others:
  • 1 × ATA
  • 1 × Serial ATA
  • 1 × LVDS / DVI connection
  • 7.1 HD audio

All connections except for VGA and network connection are only implemented onboard for reasons of space.

Nano ITX

EPIA N

• Processor: 1 × Luke CoreFusion with 500, 800 or 1,000 MHz
• Chipset: Luke CoreFusion (integrated VIA CN400 northbridge ) + VIA VT8237R southbridge
• Main memory: 1 × DDR-SDRAM as SO-DIMM (PC3200, PC2700, PC2100 and PC1600)
• Others:
  • 1 × mini PCI
  • 1 × Serial ATA
  • 1 × LVDS connection
  • 1 × S-Video
  • 1 × Cinch (for S / PDIF or composite )

EPIA NL

• Processor: 1 × Luke CoreFusion with 500, 800 or 1,000 MHz
• Chipset: Luke CoreFusion (integrated VIA CN400 northbridge ) + VIA VT8237R southbridge
• Main memory: 1 × DDR-SDRAM as SO-DIMM (PC3200, PC2700, PC2100 and PC1600)
• Others:
  • Encryption unit
  • 1 × mini PCI
  • 1 × Serial ATA
  • 1 × LVDS connection

Mini-ITX

EPIA

• Processor: 1 × VIA C3 (800 MHz) or 1 × EDEN ESP (533 MHz)
• Chipset: VIA PLE133T Northbridge + VIA VT8231 Southbridge
• Main memory: 2 × SDR-SDRAM (PC100 and PC133)
• Others:
  • 1 × S-Video
  • 1 × Cinch (for S / PDIF or composite )

EPIA CL

• Processor: 1 × VIA C3 (1000 MHz) or 1 × EDEN ESP (600 MHz)
• Chipset: VIA CLE266 Northbridge + VIA VT8235 Southbridge
• Main memory: 1 × DDR-SDRAM (PC2100 and PC1600)
• Others:
  • 2 × LAN
  • 1 × LVDS connection

EPIA CN

• Processor: 1 × VIA C3 (1300 MHz or 1000 MHz)
• Chipset: VIA CN700 Northbridge + VIA VT8237R Southbridge
• VGA: VIA UniChromeTM Pro with MPEG-2 decoder
• Main memory: 1 × DDR2-SDRAM, 533 MHz (up to 1 GB)
• Others:
  • 2 × Serial ATA
  • 1 × S-Video
  • 1 × Cinch (for S / PDIF or composite )
  • 1 × LAN
  • 8 × USB
  • 1 × COM

EPIA M

VIA EPIA M

• Processor: 1 × VIA C3 (1000 MHz) or 1 × EDEN ESP (600 MHz)
• Chipset: VIA CLE266 Northbridge + VIA VT8235 Southbridge
• Main memory: 1 × DDR-SDRAM (PC2100 and PC1600)
• Others:
  • 1 × FDD connector
  • LVDS connector
  • 1 × S-Video
  • 1 × Cinch (for S / PDIF or composite )

EPIA MII

VIA EPIA MII

• Processor: 1 × VIA C3 (1200 or 1000 MHz) or 1 × EDEN ESP (600 MHz)
• Chipset: VIA CLE266 Northbridge + VIA VT8235 Southbridge
• Main memory: 1 × DDR-SDRAM (PC2100 and PC1600)
• Others:
  • 1 × FDD connector
  • LVDS connector
  • 1 × S-Video
  • 1 × Cinch (for S / PDIF or composite )
  • CardBus / CompactFlash slot
  • 1 × FireWire (IEEE 1394)

EPIA ML

• Processor: 1 × VIA C3 (800 MHz) or 1 × EDEN ESP (500 MHz)
• Chipset: VIA CLE266 Northbridge + VIA VT8235 Southbridge
• Main memory: 1 × DDR-SDRAM (PC2100 and PC1600)
• Others: -

EPIA MS

• Processor: 1 × VIA C3 (1200 MHz) or 1 × EDEN ESP (1000 or 800 MHz)
• Chipset: VIA CLE266 Northbridge + VIA VT8237 Southbridge
• Main memory: 1 × DDR-SDRAM (PC2100 and PC1600)
• Others:
  • CardBus / CompactFlash slot
  • Most of the connections are implemented as connector strips

EPIA PD

VIA EPIA PD-10000 Mini-ITX mainboard

• Processor: 1 × VIA C3 (1000 MHz) or 1 × EDEN ESP (600 MHz)
• Chipset: VIA CLE266 Northbridge + VIA VT8235 Southbridge
• Main memory: 1 × DDR-SDRAM (PC2100 and PC1600) max. 1 GB
• Others:
  • 2 × Local Area Network, 1xVia Rhine II + 1xVia Rhine III
  • 4 × USB 2.0+ 2x USB optional
  • 1 × COM external + 3 × internal connections COM
  • 1 × parallel
  • 1 × 1x VIA / S3G CLE266 graphics onboard
  • 1 × 1xPCI with extension card
  • 1 × LVDS connection
  • 1 × AC97 Sound OnBoard

EPIA SP

• Processor: 1 × VIA C3 (1300 MHz) or 1 × EDEN ESP (800 MHz)
• Chipset: VIA CN400 Northbridge + VIA VT8237 Southbridge
• Main memory: 1 × DDR-SDRAM (PC3200, PC2700, PC2100 and PC1600)
• Others:
  • Encryption unit
  • 2 × Serial ATA
  • 1 × Firewire IEEE 1394
  • 1 × S-Video
  • 1 × Cinch (for S / PDIF or composite )

EPIA TC

• Processor: 1 × VIA C3 (1000 MHz) or 1 × EDEN ESP (600 MHz)
• Chipset: VIA CLE266 Northbridge + VIA VT8235 Southbridge
• Main memory: 1 × DDR-SDRAM as SO-DIMM (PC2100 and PC1600)
• Others:
  • CardBus / CompactFlash slot
  • 1 × LVDS connection
  • direct connection to 12 V DC

EPIA V

• Processor: 1 × VIA C3 (800 MHz) or 1 × EDEN ESP (500 MHz)
• Chipset: VIA PLE133T Northbridge + VIA VT8231 Southbridge
• Main memory: 2 × SDR-SDRAM (PC100 and PC133)
• Others: -

EPIA EX

VIA EPIA EX

• Processor: 1 × VIA C7 with 1500 MHz or 1000 MHz
• Chipset: VIA CX700M2
• VGA: UniChromeTM Pro II 3D / 2D with MPEG-2/4 and WMV9 decoder
• Main memory: 1 × DDR2 533 (up to 1 Gb)

VT-310DP

• Processor: 2 × EDEN ESP (1000 MHz or 800 MHz)
• Chipset: VIA CN400 Northbridge + VIA VT8237R Southbridge
• Main memory: 1 × DDR-SDRAM (PC3200, PC2700, PC2100 and PC1600)
• Others:
  • Encryption unit
  • 2 × Serial ATA
  • 3 × LAN

See also

• VIA Technologies
• AMD Geode
• Cyrix MediaGX

Web links

• http://www.viatech.com/ (English)
• http://www.via-tech.de/ (German)
• http://www.viaarena.com/ (English)
• http://www.Mini-ITX.com/ (English) ... DIY projects / information / news / shop