Desktop Chipsets

* RAID Level 0+1 requires four Serial ATA drives; support for the two additional drives can only be implemented with two external Serial ATA ports enabled through a SATALite PHY.

Ultra Low Power Consumption
With its unmatched feature set, the CN700 assists in reducing overall system power consumption by reducing the workload on the processor during critical applications such as digital video and audio playback.. Power consumption is further reduced through advanced power management features that vary its power consumption according to workload.

Native Serial ATA/RAID Support
The VIA DriveStation Controller Suite with native dual channel Serial ATA/RAID controller, provides direct support for two 150MB/s Serial ATA devices and its unique SATAlite interface expands support for two additional SATA devices. The V-RAID controller features native RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1* and JBOD, ensuring optimum data integrity and system performance. The user-friendly V-RAID software interface enables easy disk array configuration and management.

VIA UniChrome Pro Graphics Core
With an internal data flow equivalent to what is available to the latest AGP 8X graphics cards, VIA UniChrome Pro has a separate 128-bit data path between the North Bridge for pixel data flow and texture/command access. Separate 128-bit 2D and 3D graphics engines ensure optimal performance for all multimedia, entertainment, and productivity applications.

Flawless Digital Media Playback
VIA UniChrome Pro includes native support for the most popular digital video and audio formats through hardware MPEG-2 playback and acclaimed VIA Vinyl HD Audio suite, delivering spectacular performance for entertainment devices.

Hi-Def Visual Experience
VIA UniChrome Pro with its optimized shared memory architecture and high definition video support through the Chromotion CE Video Display Engine, offers a breathtaking visual experience for the latest HDTV formats with a compatible DVI or TV encoder.

Combined with a , the VIA CN700 offers a comprehensive range of integrated storage, multimedia and connectivity options, including native Serial ATA and V-RAID, with support for RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID+1 arrays, as well as support for VIA Vinyl HD Audio and high throughput Gigabit Ethernet with the VIA Velocity controller.

Integrating the VIA Graphics UniChrome Pro IGP graphics core, the chipset features the Chromotion CE Video Display engine with hardware MPEG-2 playback. Together with an advanced 2D/3D graphics core, the VIA CN700 offers exceptional playback and streaming of various digital video formats while maintaining ultra low power consumption and exerting minimal load on the processor. The VIA CN700 also provides extensive display support with outputs to CRT, LCD and standard definition TV as well as support for HDTV up to 1080p resolution with a compatible DVI or TV encoder.

The CN700 features a robust shared memory architecture and support for up to 2GB of high bandwidth DDR2 533 or DDR400 memory, as well as a high speed V-Link interface for a 533MB/sec connection to VIA's feature-leading South Bridge options.