VIA Technologies held a launch party to officially announce its new VIA Nano processor (Isaiah) and a new standard for small form factor motherboards, Mini-ITX 2.0. Nvidia"s general manager of MCP business, Drew Henry, appeared at the show lending weight to previous reports the two companies will be teaming up on a new CPU-chipset platform in the near future.
The Mini-ITX 2.0 standard aims to set minimum specifications for future Mini-ITX boards in order to encourage makers to design platforms that are capable of meeting current market demands such as for high-definition video and gaming, said VIA.