VIA Nano DC Platform

Brings Blu-ray playback, DirectX 10.1 graphics and DDR3 memory support to next-generation small form factor and all-in-one desktop PCs

The VIA Nano DC platform is a forthcoming processor platform from VIA - combining the latest dual core VIA Nano DC processor and the VN1000 digital media chipset to create a feature-rich, low power, high performance processor platform highly suited for today's small form factor, all-in-one, and traditional desktop PCs.

The VIA Nano DC Platform is the first truly low power processor platform that offers excellent multitasking performance, great HD media support and a casual 3D gaming experience way beyond that of competing solutions.

VIA Nano DC Processor

Twice the cores, twice the performance, same energy efficiency…

The VIA Nano DC processor is the first dual-core processor from VIA and will take advantage of the very latest 40nm fabrication technology to deliver up to twice the performance of VIA Nano 3000 series processors within the same rigid thermal envelope.

The VIA Nano DC offers improved application multitasking by doubling the core count, bring a 100% increase in many of today's applications that are that are now multi-thread optimized.

Product Highlights

• Advanced multi-core processing
• Power-efficient out-of-order x86 architecture
• Full support for 64-bit operating systems
• High-performance superscalar processing
• Most efficient speculative floating point algorithm
• Full processor virtualization support
• Advanced power and thermal management
• Leading-edge VIA PadLock™ hardware security features
• Pin-to-pin compatibility provides natural upgrade path from other VIA processors

VIA VN1000 Digital Media Chipset

The IGP that casual 3D gamers have been waiting for...

As well as delivering a rich suite of network connectivity, storage, HD audio and peripheral support that you would expect from any VIA digital media chipset, the VN1000 offers one crucial element that has eluded mainstream desktop PC users since the inception of the PC itself - true 3D gaming performance.

The Chrome 520 Graphics Core

The VIA Chrome 520 integrated graphics processor (IGP) is an industry leading, fully programmable DirectX 10.1 graphics engine that makes light of competing IGP solutions, offering playable frame rates for both new and classic 3D games.

The VIA Chrome 520 has 32 stream processors and 4 sampling units, supports Shader Model 4, OpenGL 3.0 and OpenCL 1.0 for next-generation GPU applications. The VIA VN1000 has a 128-bit 2D graphics engine with GDI/GDI+ acceleration, hardware 2D rotation, true color hardware cursor with 256-level blending.

Here are some benchmarks that demonstrate the 3D gaming superiority of the VIA Nano DC platform.

With full support for Windows Desktop Driver Model 1.1 in Windows 7, the VIA VN1000 offers a visually superior experience compared to competing IGP platforms.

ChromotionHD 2.0 – Effortless HD Video

The VIA VN1000 chipset also offers an excellent media playback experience with the ChromotionHD 2.0 video engine, which offers hardware accelerated video playback of the latest video codecs including full Blu-ray support at true HD screen resolutions and HDTV resolution playback of MPEG-2, WMV-HD, VC-1 and H.264 content.

The VIA Nano DC platform will be featured in a variety of desktop systems from Q1 2011.

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Media Previews

Read what the leading PC hardware websites are saying about the VIA Nano DC processor platform:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/chrome-520-nano-dc-vn1000,review-32034.html