VIA Technologies Inc has announced the VX855, a media system processor (MSP). This ultra power efficient, all-in-one chipset addresses the key performance and entertainment requirements of today's small form factor and mobile PC systems.
Set to be Microsoft Windows 7-ready, the MSP offers support for full hardware acceleration of a wide variety of video standards including H.264, MPEG-2/4, VC-1 and WMV9, greatly reducing the workload and thus the power consumption of the processor.
The MSP integrates all the features of a modern chipset's North and South bridges into a 27 x 27mm single-chip package that saves over 46% of silicon real estate compared with competing twin-chip core logic implementations.
This miniaturization, combined with extensive power management technologies and the ability to run fanlessly within a 2.3W power envelope, enables system builders to design ever smaller, lighter, and more portable systems.
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