New motherboard aims to facilitate consumer-oriented PCs.(Via Technologies introduces a new motherboard)(Brief Article)

TV Meets the Web,  April, 2003  

Tags: motherboard, PC

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A new motherboard integrating features that further push the PC platform into the realm of home consumer electronics has been launched by the Taiwanese hardware manufacturer, Via Technologies.

According to a report from News.com, the Epia M10000 motherboard includes an MPEG-2 decoder for DVD playback, hardware-supported 5.1 audio and connectors for television and digital audio as well as Via's own 1GHz C3 processor.

The board has apparently ...

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