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VIA show C7 boards at CeBIT
March 10, 2006 
VIA's forthcoming motherboard range was on display at CeBIT, the EPIA EN, EK and CK. The EPIA EN and CK are both powered by C7 CPUs, whilst the EK is Luke Corefusion powered.
The EPIA EN will be the first board to reach retail. Specifications are: VIA C7 or Eden Processor; VIA CN700 Chipset with integrated Unichrome Pro Graphics with MPEG-2 Decoder; one DDRII 400/533 DIMM slot; VGA connector; S-Video & RCA HDTV Outputs; PCI slot; 2 x IDE; 1 x SATA II; 6 Channel Audio; Firewire; 4 x USB 2.0 ports (& pin headers for 2 more); COM port (& pin header for one more); Gigabit Ethernet. 
The EPIA CN is also C7 powered, with similar but slightly different specifications to the EPIA EN. It is due to arrive slightly after the EPIA EN. Specifications: VIA C7 Processor; VIA CN700 Chipset with integrated Unichrome Pro Graphics with MPEG-2 Decoder; one DDRII 400/533 DIMM slot; VGA connector; S-Video & RCA TV Output; PCI slot; 2 x IDE; 2 x SATA; 6 Channel Audio; Firewire; 4 x USB 2.0 ports (& pin headers for 4 more); 1 COM port; 10/100 Ethernet. 
The EPIA EK uses VIA's Luke Corefusion processor, and will be the replacement for the Dual LAN EPIA PD. It is also due to arrive slightly after the EPIA EN. Specifications: VIA Luke Corefusion Processor; one DDR 266/333/400 DIMM slot; VGA connector; PCI slot; 2 x IDE; 2 x SATA; 2 Channel Audio; Firewire; 4 x USB 2.0 ports (& pin headers for 4 more); COM port (& pin header for 3 more); Dual 10/100 Ethernet (one of which may optionally be Gigabit)
VIA's Q1 2006 Catalogue (PDF)
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