SiS Announces Atom-supportive SiS672/96/307DV Chipset, Drives Pegatron Ultra Slim PC

[btarunr]

SiS today announced the SiS672/96/307DV chipset supporting the latest Intel Atom 230 CPU which has been adopted by PEGATRON to develop the Ultra Slim Atom NetTop project. SiS672 of low power consumption and fanless is equipped to bring Ultra Slim Atom NetTop into full play.

The PEGATRON Ultra Slim Atom NetTop platform, demonstrating its unique aesthetics and elaborate design with practical features to enhance the implementation of multimedia and video and to provide high quality of visual entertainment. The space-saving design is only 0.5L of the mini tower chassis with SiS672/968/307DV chipset on motherboard. The frequency of Wi-Fi wireless network options can reach up to 2.4~2.5GHZ for remote access. The ultra slim NetTop system is designed to perfectly link with various LCD monitor models so as to catch on the All-in-One LCD PC market.



Combined with the SiS672/968 chipset, the PEGATRON Ultra Slim Atom NetTop supports the Intel Atom 230 CPU and DDR2-667 memory with memory size of up to 2GB. The SiS Mirage 3 Graphics is integrated in the SiS672 to deliver excellent graphics performances under 2D and 3D performing. With support of SiS Real Video Technology, the image quality and high definition of digital entertainment devices, such as DTV, VCD and DVD can be presented perfectly and thoroughly under Windows Operating System.

The SiS672/968 based Ultra Slim NetTop system also performs auto-adjustment frequency capability to optimize the system performance and power consumption. This advance power management technology performs ultra low power consumption under 22Watt. Thus, the system is truly fanless solution to extend the life cycle to benefit end-users. The Ultra Slim Atom NetTop supports high speed PCI Express x1 interface and also provides 2 Serial ATA2 ports for HDD and SSD devices to accelerate the data transmission rate with speed up to 3Gb/s. Also six USB2.0 ports enable to connect with multiple peripheral devices. Paired with SiS307DV to support DVI-type display connector for high quality video output and SiS968 High Definition Audio to perform high quality sound effect for enjoining in home entertainment, PEGATRON Ultra Slim Atom NetTop platform is an ideal solution for user to experience the truly high definition Multimedia content playback in addition to its Gigabit Ethernet function of high-speed internet access for seamless web browsing.

In compliance with European CE, U.S. regulatory FCC, and the quality of Taiwan BSMI certification, the Ultra Slim Atom NetTop products featuring user friendly and eminent capability is bound to be the best cost-effective choice. The portfolio of four different specification products target at 3C consumer worldwide market to meet differentiated regional requirements. In addition to general home market, the products are in widespread use to the Financial, Medical, Education and Government markets as well.

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[Mussels]

holy crap that thing is small.

DVI, sata, PCI-E 1x (but what card would fit?)

The only flaw i find, is that it would have been far better to replace that DVI port, with a HDMI port - the HDMI audio would be a benefit, cutting down cable clutter when paired with a screen with speakers. (not to mention the HDMI port is smaller, and that things got a space premium if i ever saw one)

 

[h3llb3nd4]

But will it be able to run movies at high resolutions for a long time?

 

[BazookaJoe]

Whats price ?

My opinion at this point hinges completely on what it will cost - If its cheap enough it looks awesome.

 

[DaJMasta]

Mirage 3 :shadedshu

No one likes using real IGPs with the atom.....


Also, the PCI-E slot could be for a SSD like the EeePCs have.

 

[to6ko91]

holy crap that thing is small.

DVI, sata, PCI-E 1x (but what card would fit?)

The only flaw i find, is that it would have been far better to replace that DVI port, with a HDMI port - the HDMI audio would be a benefit, cutting down cable clutter when paired with a screen with speakers. (not to mention the HDMI port is smaller, and that things got a space premium if i ever saw one)

it might come with an adapter to HDMI and the adapters includes audio as well (if the dvi supports it)

 

[Mussels]

it might come with an adapter to HDMI and the adapters includes audio as well (if the dvi supports it)

so far only ATI do that, so its unlikely. Intels HDMI has audio, but has to be a native connector.

 

[to6ko91]

so far only ATI do that, so its unlikely. Intels HDMI has audio, but has to be a native connector.

not only ati nVidia as well (you just need an audio loop cable, spidif or whatever you wana call it)

 

[Mussels]

not only ati nVidia as well (you just need an audio loop cable, spidif or whatever you wana call it)

nvidia do not offer that on any of their onboard solutions, afaik.

 

[daragez]

thanks for sharing!...

 

[bubba_000]

The SiS Mirage 3 Graphics is integrated in the SiS672 to deliver excellent graphics performances under 2D and 3D performing

Yeah, right

That was a good laugh

 

[Mussels]

Yeah, right

That was a good laugh

its over 50x faster at rendering web pages than high schoolers with a crayon. Slightly better color accuracy too.

 

[h3llb3nd4]

but compare it with a 9600GT which is over 100000x faster than university studens with colour pencils...

 

[Slessum]

its over 50x faster at rendering web pages than high schoolers with a crayon. Slightly better color accuracy too.

common now, these solutions are not gamers cards, but what onboard ever really is?

I have found that the SIS onboard offers better perf then intels onboard, as well as better rendering perf(as in movies) when compared with nvidia and intels older solutions.

the current choices for an intel based system like this are pretty slim, I honestly am SHOCKED to see that intel let SiS make a chipset for their cpu's with all the work they have been doing to prevent that on the i7/i5 side of things.

and this thing looks kool, BUT its to damn small, must just be for net surfing and watching movies online, would be great if you set it up properly with something like vector linux(light weight and easy to use) and just used it for a new/video box....

as to the HDMI, it would requier a diffrent chipset to add audio support AFIK, no biggie to me, your not going to be using something like this to play 1080p/i movies are you?

 

[Mussels]

as to the HDMI, it would requier a diffrent chipset to add audio support AFIK, no biggie to me, your not going to be using something like this to play 1080p/i movies are you?

Yes. i would.

Do you have any idea how epically awesome this would be, attached to vesa mounts on the back of my 24", or hiding behind my 40" with a cordless keyboard like my dinovo edge? its tiny, its silent, its low power... its EXACTLY what you want from a media PC!