North Bridges South The VIA CN896 North Bridge contains VIA's first graphic core supporting DirectX 9.0 3D graphics and it is also designed to support PCI Express to fully meet the increased system bandwidth demands placed on periphera devices. Combined with VIA's latest processors, the CN896 demonstrates the efficacy of the 800 MHz V4 host bus with its maximum data throughput of 6.4 Gbps. Its design provides OEM partners with a power efficient platform for affordable systems. The VIA CN896 is rich in graphics features. Its integrated VIA Chrome9™ HC IGP provides support for 2D and 3D acceleration and is fully compatible with DirectX 9.0. Together with a high performance VIA South Bridge VT8237S, the VIA CN896 offers a truly engaging multimedia experience. The VIA CN896 supports a wide array of display devices. Tailor the CN896 for use with flat panel displays, a wide variety of LCD panels, TFT color panels, DVI monitors and TV displays. Separate display engines enable two outputs to display simultaneously with different information at different resolutions, pixel depths and refresh Supported by the VIA VT8237S South Bridge, the VIA CN896 North Bridge provides optimized system performance and power-efficient architecture, fully certified with the Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Logo. It incorporates support for a rich set of features including high bandwidth SATA (3 Gbps), USB 2.0, PCI Express, 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet, superb high definition multimedia experience with integrated VIA Vinyl HD audio core, and legacy interfaces such as PS/2 and PCI slots. Host Interface North/South Bridge Link ■ 1 GB/sec 16-bit V-Link host controller supporting V-Map Modular Architecture System Memory ■ Optimized Unified Memory Architecture (UMA) Unified Video Decoding Processor ■ Integrated VIA Chrome9™ Graphics core supporting DirectX 9.0 3D graphics ■ Chromotion 3.0 CE Video Display engine ■ MPEG-2 video decoding acceleration with motion compensation ■ Full HDTV support up to 1080i/720p ■ Supports VIA Vinyl Gold 8-channel HD Audio controller & integrated VIA Vinyl 6-channel HD Display Interface ■ 24-bit flat panel display interface and dual 12-bit flat panel display interface (with VT1636) ■ 12-bit interface to external TV encoder for SDTV and HDTV display (with VT1625) ■ CRT display interface, supporting up to 1920 x 1440 Storage Interface ■ Supports up to two SATA (3 Gbps) devices ■ Supports up to four Parallel ATA 66/100/133 devices ■ Supports eight USB 2.0 ports ■ Supports enterprise class 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet ■ Supports PCI buses (6 masters) ■ Supports one xl 6 PCI Express and two xl PCI Express ■ Supports ISA (external support) ■ Supports COM port (with VT1211) Power Management ■ Advanced system power management support JifiBk embedded

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