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Android in a cardboard case and with a sub-$100 price tag: that’s what VIA is offering with Paper, a novel (excuse the pun) take on the cloud-computer and prototyping platform trend. The book-shaped system, clads a new version of VIA’s Cortex A9-based APC ‘board, named Rock – complete with an optimized copy of Android 4.0 – in a recycled cardboard chassis, hooking up to a TV or monitor for web browsing, document editing, gaming, and more.

The Rock APC ‘board itself has 4GB of flash storage and 512MB of DDR3 memory, along with hardware-accelerated graphics and video outputting through HDMI and VGA sockets at up to 1080p HD resolution. The A9 WonderMedia chip runs at 800MHz, and there’s a microSD slot for extra storage.

Ports include two USB 2.0 and a microUSB OTG, as well as a 10/100 ethernet, audio in/out, and a variety of header pins on board for extra connectivity. It’s worth noting that while Rock has a VGA output, the version in the Paper computer doesn’t.

Ice Cream Sandwich has been specially fettled to play nicely with USB keyboards and other peripherals, and all of the open-source software, documentation, pin-out guides, and other information is available here. APC Paper will go on sale in March, priced at $99, while APC Rock – the ‘board alone – is available now, priced at $79.

APC Paper puts $99 Android PC in a recycled book is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Back in 2012 the Japanese company Umazon introduced the X-TUBE AS301DTS USB dongle that gave DTS 5.1Ch support to any low hands PCs without breaking the bank. Two years later, this X-TUBE DTS comes in a new version the 400-ADUSB001 that does not required a specific pair of headphones in order to enjoy 5.1Ch DTS audio for about 2,480 Yen.
To make this possible, the 400-ADUSB001 comes with dedicated Windows Only software, the DTS Headphone Deck, which will allow you to enjoy 5.1CH DTS audio even …

VIA Technologies hits back by introducing their first ETX module, the ETX-8X90. Based on VIA VX900 MSP chipset, the board is equipped with a 1.2GHz VIA 64-bit NanoTM X2 E-Series dual-core processor, one DDR3 DIMM memory slot (up to 4GB RAM), two PCI slots and one ISA slot. Connectivity-wise, it has four USB 2.0, two mini USB, one SATA and Gigabit Ethernet. Pricing and release date are still unknown at the moment. [VIA]

VIA Technologies, Inc. has unveiled their newest pico-ITX motherboard namely the EPIA-P910. Based on VIA VX11H chipset, the board is equipped with a 1GHz VIA Quad-Core E-Series processor and has one DDR3 DIMM memory slot (up to 8GB RAM). Connectivity-wise, it offers 1x LVDS, 1x VGA, 2x SATA, 1x mini-HDMI, 2x USB 3.0, 6x USB 2.0 and 1x Gigabit Ethernet. Pricing and release date are still unknown at the moment. [VIA]

VIA has announced an interesting new pico-ITX mainboard. This little mainboard is very compact at 10 cm x 7.2 cm and is the first to offer a quad-core processor and support 3-D display capability. The little board is called the VIA EPIA-P910 Pico-ITX Board and uses the VIA VX11H MSP and the VIA QuadCore E-series processor.

This is the first board from the company to use the VX11H MSP, which provides advances in graphics capability, including support for DirectX 11. The display hardware on the board also supports rich textures and 3-D stereoscopic displays. The QuadCore E-Series processor operates at 1 GHz, and the board promises high-performance computing in a very small and power miserly design.

Despite its small size, the little board has impressive connectivity options. It offers HD audio, HDMI out, VGA out, and a LVDS display connector. The board also has a high-performance hardware HD video decoder called the VIA Chromotion 5.0 video processor. The little board supports up to 8 GB of 1333MHz DDR3 memory.

The board also features pin headers and an expansion board-to-board connector that provides support for the addition of six more USB 2.0 ports, an LPC connector, SMBus connector, PS/2 port, audio ports, and more. Integrated back panel connectivity options include HDMI 1.4a, VGA, dual USB 3.0 ports, and a gigabit LAN port. Pricing and availability for the little board are unknown.

VIA unveils first quad core pico-ITX mainboard supporting 3-D displays is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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