NanoBook
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Ultra-Mobile PC
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reference design
Reference design
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by VIA Technologies
VIA Technologies
VIA Technologies is a Taiwanese manufacturer of integrated circuits, mainly motherboard chipsets, CPUs, and memory, and is part of the Formosa Plastics Group. It is the world's largest independent manufacturer of motherboard chipsets...
, Inc. It has a clamshell form factor, a 7-inch 800×480 touchscreen
Touchscreen
A touchscreen is an electronic visual display that can detect the presence and location of a touch within the display area. The term generally refers to touching the display of the device with a finger or hand. Touchscreens can also sense other passive objects, such as a stylus...
display, and a full-size keyboard. It weighs less than 850 g (approximately 1.87 lb) and has a claimed battery life of up to 4.5 hours. It is based on the VIA VX700 chipset
Chipset
A chipset, PC chipset, or chip set refers to a group of integrated circuits, or chips, that are designed to work together. They are usually marketed as a single product.- Computers :...
, featuring the VIA UniChrome Pro II IGP integrated graphics and powered by the 1.2-GHz VIA C7-M ultra low voltage processor. It includes up to 1 GB DDR2
DDR2 SDRAM
DDR2 SDRAM is a double data rate synchronous dynamic random-access memory interface. It supersedes the original DDR SDRAM specification and has itself been superseded by DDR3 SDRAM...
memory, a minimum 30-GB hard drive, 802.11g WiFi
WIFI
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, Bluetooth
Bluetooth
Bluetooth is a proprietary open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks with high levels of security...
and Ethernet
Ethernet
Ethernet is a family of computer networking technologies for local area networks commercially introduced in 1980. Standardized in IEEE 802.3, Ethernet has largely replaced competing wired LAN technologies....
support, as well as a 4-in-1 card reader
Card reader
A card reader is a data input device that reads data from a card-shaped storage medium. Historically, paper or cardboard punched cards were used throughout the first several decades of the computer industry to store information and programs for computer system, and were read by punched card readers...
, a DVI port and two USB 2.0 ports.
The company's press release states that, "[t]o provide users with additional flexibility when they are on the move, the VIA NanoBook also features a USB slot next to the screen that will enable the snap-in integration of a variety of World Time Clock/Calendar, GPS, VOIP, and broadband wireless modules."
The NanoBook is "[t]argeted at aggressive consumer price points", and is expected to be available starting in the second half of 2007 through global OEM
OEM
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s and SI
System integrator
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Specification
Overview of the VIA NanoBook UMD reference design specification from VIA's web site:- Processor: 1.2 GHz VIA C7-M ULV (Ultra Low Voltage) Processor
- Chipset: VIA VX700 System Media Processor (integrated North & South Bridge)
- Memory: DDR2 SO-DIMM up to 1 GB
- 30-GB HDD
- Display: 7-inch 800×480 touchscreen TFT LCDTFT LCDThin film transistor liquid crystal display is a variant of liquid crystal display which uses thin-film transistor technology to improve image quality . TFT LCD is one type of Active matrix LCD, though all LCD-screens are based on TFT active matrix addressing...
- Graphics: VIA UniChrome Pro II IGP Integrated 3D/2D Graphics with shared memory up to 64 MB
- Audio: VIA Vinyl VT1708A HD Audio codec; 2 speakers
- Networking:
- Ethernet: Realtek RTL8100CL 10/100 Mbit/s
- Wireless LAN: Azure Wave 802.11b/g (USB interface)
- Bluetooth: Billionton (USB interface)
- I/O:
- 4-in-1 Card Reader
- 1× DVI-I port
- 2× Hi-Speed USB2.0 ports
- 1× RJ45 Ethernet port
- Audio jacks:
- 1× Mic-in audio jack
- 1× Array Microphone jack
- 1× Headphone (line out) jack
- Status Indicator: Power On; Battery; RF (with power button); HDD; Caps Lock
- Battery: 4 cells for up to 4.5 hours of battery life (BatteryMark 2004)
- Dimensions: 230 mm (W) × 171 mm (D) × 29.4 mm (H)
- Weight: Under 850 g
- Operating System Support: Supports Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista and all popular Linux distributions
See also
- CloudBookCloudBookThe Cloudbook is an x86 subnotebook, or Ultra-Mobile PC developed by Everex using a VIA processor, chipset, and NanoBook reference design. It competes with the ASUS Eee PC, the OLPC XO-1 and the Classmate PC...
– A notebook based on this design - The Packard BellPackard BellPackard Bell is a Dutch computer manufacturer and a subsidiary of Acer. The name was previously used by Packard Bell, an American radio manufacturer founded in 1926. In 1986, Israeli investors bought the name for a newly formed personal computer manufacturer. Originally the company produced...
Easynote XS is also based on VIA's design. - BelineaBelineaBelinea is a German manufacturer of PCs, notebooks and computer monitors.-History:The name Belinea was first used as a brand of computer monitors manufactured by Maxdata, which were primarily sold in Europe. The name first appeared in 1991. Belineas are known for their unique appearance with a big...
S Book 1 also based on VIA NanoBook - ASUS Eee PCASUS Eee PCThe Asus Eee PC is a subnotebook/netbook computer line from ASUSTeK Computer Incorporated, and a part of the Asus Eee product family. At the time of its introduction in late 2007, it was noted for its combination of a light weight, Linux operating system, solid-state drive , and relatively low cost...
- Palm FoleoPalm FoleoThe Palm Foleo was a planned subnotebook computer that was announced by mobile device manufacturer Palm Inc. on May 30, 2007, and canceled three months later. It intended to serve as a companion for smartphones including Palm's own Treo line...
- Ultra-Mobile PCUltra-Mobile PCAn ultra-mobile PC is a small form factor version of a pen computer, a class of laptop whose specifications were launched by Microsoft and Intel in spring 2006. Sony had already made a first attempt in this direction in 2004 with its Vaio U series, which was however only sold in Asia...
- VIA OpenBookVIA OpenBookVIA OpenBook is an open-source hardware laptop reference design from VIA Technologies. It was announced in 2008.-Specifications:-Processor, memory:*Processor: 1.0 GHz VIA Nano ULV*Chipset: VIA VX800 unified*Memory: DDR2 SO-DIMM up to 2 GB...
- Picobook ProApricot Picobook ProThe Apricot Picobook Pro is the first product of the newly reformed Apricot Computers. It is a netbook based on the VIA NanoBook, first shown to the press on October 15 2008 at a price of £279 for the 900VL with SUSE Linux and £328 for the 900VX with Windows XP Home Edition.- Specifications :*CPU:...