Set to be Microsoft Windows 7 -ready, the VIA VX855 MSP solves the problem by offering support for full hardware acceleration of the widest variety of leading video standards including H.264, MPEG-2/4, VC-1 & WMV9, greatly reducing the workload and thus the power consumption of the processor, as HDTV Info Europe reports.

"For the first time, system developers have an ultra low power media system processor that delivers high bit-rate HD video to small form factor and mobile devices," said Richard Brown, Vice President of Marketing, VIA Technologies, Inc. "The VIA VX855 opens up exciting opportunities for several PC segments, particularly the mini-notebook category that will now be able to offer true 1080p HD video playback," according to the recent press release of VIA.

Key Specifications of the VIA VX855 MSP

Supported Processors 

• VIA Nano™ / C7® / Eden™ processor
• 400 - 800MHz FSB speed

• Up to DDR2 800
• Supports up to two 64-bit DDR2 DIMM slots (4 GB max) 
• Supports 16-bit dedicated display frame buffer (optional)

• UDMA IDE
• Support SD/MS/MMC/XD

• Six USB2.0 ports
• One USB2.0 device port 
• Supports LPC bus
• Supports SDIO, SPI and UART

• VIA Chrome9 HCM DX9 3D engine 
• 128-bit 2D engine with hardware rotation capability 
• High Definition video processor with VMR capability 
• Up to 512 MB frame buffer

• Three 10-bit 350 MHz RAMDACs 
• Single - channel LVDS 
• 18-bit TTL

• MPEG-2/H.264 VLD hardware decoding acceleration 
• MPEG-4, VC1 and DivX video decoding acceleration

• Supports up to 32-bit sample depth at 192 kHz sampling rate 
• Supports three codecs and eight streams 
• Supports HD modem

• One 16-bit input or 
• One 8-bit TS input + one Serial TS input or 
• CCIR656/601 input + one Serial TS input

• Microsoft® DirectX 9.0, 
• Microsoft® Windows XP and Vista, Win CE and Linux

• ACPI 3.0 and PCI Bus Power Management 1.1 compliant 
• Snapshot extensive system power management 

• Flip-Chip Ball Grid Array (FCBGA) 
• Package Size: 27 x 27mm/0.8mm

• 1.2V