VIA Technologies has announced a dual core version of the low power VIA VB8004 Mini-ITX board. The mohterboard has been designed for digital signage and gaming systems, coupling the 1.6GHz VIA Nano X2 E-series processor with the VIA VX900 media system processor.

In addition to providing native support for dual-displays, the VIA VB8004 Mini-ITX mainboard can also be easily upgraded to support four displays using an additional VIA S3 5400E graphics module.

Powered by a choice of a 1.6GHz VIA Nano X2 E-Series, or 1.6GHz and 1.2GHz VIA Nano processors, the VIA VB8004 leverages the multimedia capabilities of the VIA VX900 system media processor to deliver DX10.1 graphics and support for rich 1080p video resolutions.

In addition to supporting up to 4GB DDR3, the board's I/O capabilities include an HDMI port, one DVI port, a one channel 24-bit LVDS, one GigaLAN port, and six USB 2.0 ports.

The VIA S3 5400E dedicated graphics module is a daughter card specially designed to provide advanced multimedia capabilities for next-generation embedded applications and is an energy efficient DX10.1 GPU. With support of DX10.1, Shader Model 4.1, OpenGL 3.1, and OpenCL 1.0, the 5400E GPU provides a cost-effective solution for graphics processing with high levels of video decoding and 3D rendering performance.

Featuring the ChromotionHD 2.1 video engine, a programmable video architecture supporting the latest HD standards including Blu-ray Disk, H.264, VC-1, WMV-9, and MPEG-2/4, the S3 5400E module offers smooth HD playback at resolutions of up to 2560 x 1600 pixels.

On-board I/O includes one HDMI port and one DVI port.