Via preps home server mainboard
Via Technologies is readying a compact, storage-oriented mainboard optimized for home server applications. The NAS7800 is powered by a Via C7 processor and is sized to stack with optical and hard disk drives.
We noticed this interesting new Via SBC (single-board computer) at the Real-Time and Embedded Computing Conference (RTECC) in Santa Clara, Calif., this week, where we snapped the photo below.
Via’s new NAS7800 home-server mainboard
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The NAS7800 is powered by a Via 1.5 GHz C7 processor, along with Via’s highly-integrated CN700 northbridge and storage/communications-oriented VT8251 southbridge.
The board packs up to eight SATA II interfaces, 1GB DDR2 memory, four USB2.0 ports, and two LAN ports (at least one capable of Gigabit/sec transfers), and is rated for a generous 0 to 60 deg. C operating temperature range. For expansion, the board provides a Mini-PCI socket and a CompactFlash slot.
Via’s C7, CN700, and VT8251 are all well supported in both Windows and Linux, so the platform should be suitable for a wide range of home server and network-attached storage apps.
Dimensions are 6.7 x 5.6 inches (170 x 143 mm), a good size for packaging it in a mini-tower along with an optical drive (typically 5.75 inches wide) and multiple SATA II hard drives.
Via has not said when it plans to roll out this new home-server mainboard, or how it will be priced. Based on its NASxxxx model number, it appears to be the first in a new product family.
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