Mobile-ITX
Mobile-ITX is the smallest (by 2009) x86 compliant motherboard form factor  presented by VIA Technologies in December, 2009. The motherboard size (CPU module) is . There are no computer ports on the CPU module and it is necessary to use an I/O carrier board. The design is intended for medical, transportation and military embedded markets.

History

The Mobile-ITX form factor was announced by VIA Technologies at Computex in June, 2007.  The motherboard size of first prototypes was . The design was intended for ultra-mobile computing such as a smartphone or UMPC.

The prototype boards shown to date include a x86-compliant 1 GHz VIA C7-M processor, 256 or 512 megabytes of RAM, a modified version of the VIA CX700 chipset (called the CX700S), an interface for a cellular radio module (demonstration boards contain a CDMA radio), a DC-DC electrical converter, and various connecting interfaces.

At the announcement, an ultra-mobile PC reference design was shown running Windows XP Embedded.

Notes and references

External links
Mobile-ITX Specification

Motherboard form factors
IBM PC compatibles
Mobile computers