Taipei, Taiwan, January 5, 2010 – VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator of power efficient x86 processor platforms, today announced the VIA EPIA-P820, the first Pico-ITX form factor board to feature the high performance, 64-bit VIA Nano processor, bringing industry-leading digital multimedia performance and virtualization capabilities to the smallest of spaces with the VIA AMOS-3001 chassis system.

The choice of VIA Nano processor means that the VIA EPIA-P820 offers a range of advantages over competitor offerings, including full 64-bit software support, a high-performance superscalar architecture and full support of the latest virtualization technologies for next generation server and virtual machine applications. Paired with the VIA VX855 media system processor, the VIA EPIA-P820 is well equipped to handle smooth playback of the most demanding codecs at resolutions up to 1080p.

The VIA AMOS-3001 is an entirely fanless and thoroughly robust chassis system that is speciallydesigned to work with the VIA EPIA-P820. Leveraging the digital prowess of the VIA EPIA-P820, the VIA AMOS-3001 offers a powerful, rugged and HD-ready industrial-class PC that combines all the benefits of high performance 64-bit computing and ruthless hardware acceleration of HD media across the latest display connectivity standards including native HDMI support.

“Never before have developers had the opportunity to harness full 64-bit, superscalar processing in spaces as small as the palm of your hand,” said Daniel Wu, Vice President, VIA Embedded Platform Division, VIA Technologies, Inc. “The VIA EPIA-P820 combines with the VIA AMOS-3001 to create a complete embedded system that takes the latest features and digital media standards to the very smallest of places.”

The VIA EPIA-P820: Small yet Powerful

Measuring a mere 10cm x 7.2cm the ultra compact VIA EPIA-P820 supports 2GB of DDR2 system memory and leverages a power-efficient, high performance 1.2GHz U2500 VIA Nano processor to provide system developers with the most powerful Pico-ITX platform ever. 
The VIA EPIA-P820 features the highly integrated, all-in-one VIA VX855 Media System Processor, specially designed to provide flawless hardware acceleration for the latest HD video codecs including H.264, WMV, VC1 and MPEG 2/4 at high bitrates and display resolutions of up to 1080p with very low CPU utilization. The VIA Chrome9™ HCM 3D integrated graphics core boasts full DirectX 9.0 support and a 128-bit 2D engine with hardware rotation capability.

The VIA EPIA-P820 uses a specially designed I/O add-on-board which supplements the  native HDMI port to add a VGA port, a Gigabit LAN port and two USB 2.0 ports. The VIA Vinyl HD audio codec provides 6 channel, DTS capable audio with S/PDIF support. Storage is provided in the shape of an onboard 44-pin IDE connector and one S-ATA port. On board pin headers provide support for an additional 4 x USB 2.0 ports, an LPC connector, SMBus connector, PS/2 support, audio jacks, LVDS, 4 pairs of DIO and two UART ports.

VIA AMOS-3001: Strong, Silent and Powerful

Storage is provided through a 44-pin IDE interface for Disk on Module Flash drive – an optional storage sub-system expansion chassis offers support for a standard 2.5″ S-ATA drive. An onboard RJ45 connector provides Gigabit networking while the VIA VT1708B brings HD audio. Additional features include 4 USB 2.0 ports, on board GPIO port, COM port and programmable Watchdog Timer. System LED indicators are provided for power and HDD activity.

About VIA Technologies, Inc.

VIA Technologies, Inc is the foremost fabless supplier of power efficient x86 processor platforms that are driving system innovation in the PC, client, ultra mobile and embedded markets. Combining energy-saving processors with digital media chipsets and advanced connectivity, multimedia and networking silicon enables a broad spectrum of computing and communication platforms, including its widely acclaimed ultra compact mainboards. Headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, VIA’s global network links the high tech centers of the US, Europe and Asia, and its customer base includes the world’s top OEMs and system integrators. www.via.com.tw

SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Perfectus Technology, Inc., the leading provider of highest quality verification IPs for many industry standard protocols, today announced availability of SystemVerilog-based and Open Verification Methodology (OVM)-compliant PCI Express Gen3 verification IP (Genie-PCIe3 VIP) to help designers accelerate the verification of PCI Express Gen3-based products.

Genie-PCIe3 features a complete set of intelligent verification components for verifying PCI Express 1.1/2.0/3.0 and SR-IOV-based designs and it works in any verification environment, including SystemVerilog and OVM methodology. The Root complex and End Point Models, Comprehensive Test Suite for unit level and System Level testing and Interface Inspector help in ensuring robust verification, maximum functional coverage, complete protocol compliance and error testing. The VIP has a rich set of constrainable parameters, sequence library, powerful error injection capabilities, APIs and Callbacks for user configurability. The VIP is configurable and extensible to satisfy each specific verification environment’s requirements.

Genie-PCIe3 is fully compliant to the PCI Express Gen3 with features that are far superior to any other solution available in the market. The Test Suite, along with Interface Inspector, provides developers the ability to comprehensively test PCI Express Gen3 Root Complex, Endpoint, Switch, SR-IOV Endpoint, and PHY designs against the vast requirements set forth by the PCIe Gen3 specification.

“We are committed to work with our IP, FPGA, ASIC and SOC customers to provide a total chip, controller, and PHY verification solution for the evolving PCIe 3.0 standard to lower their risk and time to market associated with bringing next-generation products to market, while delivering robust and superior solutions,” said Sheetal Kammaje, Marketing Manager of Perfectus.

The important feature of this product is the statistical reports generated by the Genie-Interface-Inspector. Reports include a Functional Coverage report which helps to identify what functionality has been tested; an Error Inspection report which specifies the errors that were tested and errors that were not tested; a Protocol Inspection report which shows the percentage of PCIe 3.0 specification compliance; and a Features Coverage report which shows the percentage of features covered.

“We are pleased that Perfectus has made available the first OVM-tested PCIe 3.0 verification IP validated to run on the Questa^® verification platform,” said Dennis Brophy, director of strategic business development, Mentor Graphics Corporation. “As an active member of the Mentor Questa Vanguard Partnership program, Perfectus works with us to improve design and verification productivity.”

Availability and Additional Information

PCIe Gen3 VIP is available immediately. For more details on pricing and evaluation, please contact Perfectus at 408-748-8900, x5651.

For more information about Perfectus verification IP products, please email us at sales@Perfectus.com or visit our website at www.Perfectus.com.

About Perfectus

Perfectus is a leading provider of very high quality and completely configurable Verification IPs. Perfectus has been consistently providing the semiconductor industry with outstanding VIPs ensuring a first pass success on the chip. Perfectus offers several Verification IP products which include AMBA: AHB, APB & AXI, Ethernet, Fiber Channel, I2C, ONFi, PCIe 3.0 and 2.0, SAS, SATA, SMBus, SPI 4.2, ONFI, USB3.0 and USB 2.0.