Entries from June 2008

VIA Nano Processor Platform Wins ‘Best of Computex’ Award

June 4, 2008

Yet another win by VIA. Launched just recently, the VIA Nano procesor and VIA VX800 all-in-one digital media IGP chipset received the ‘Best of Computex’ award by the Taiwan Computer Association and the Taiwan External Trade Council (TAITRA). Here’s a snippet of the press release from VIA:
The judging panel honoured VIA’s entry in the LSI/VLSI […]

VIA OpenBook Reference Design Wins Gold at Computex

June 4, 2008

Just a few days after announcing their VIA Mini-Note OpenBook Reference Design, the new platform has won the Computex Taipei design and innovation Gold Award for 2008. Here’s a snippet of the press release from VIA:
Event organizers Computex Taipei and the Taiwan Design Center selected iF International Forum Design GmbH to preside over the award […]

Asus Eee PC 900 - UMPC for Traveling

June 1, 2008

My main reason for buying the Asus Eee PC 900 is its 8.9″ screen and 1024×600 resolution. Having used the 7″ for a few weeks, I find the screen too small for comfort. Equally important to me is the Eee PC 900’s small footprint (225 x 170 x 20~33.8 mm). It’s almost similar in size to the Eee PC 701 (225 × 165 […]