Nano-ITX is a computer

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form factor first proposed by

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in March 2003, and implemented in late 2005. Nano-ITX boards measure , and are fully integrated, very low power consumption motherboards with many uses, but targeted at smart

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devices such as DVRs,

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es, media centers, car PCs, and thin devices. Nano-ITX motherboards have slots for

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. There are four Nano-ITX motherboard product lines so far, VIA's

EPIA VIA EPIA (''VIA Technologies, VIA Embedded Platform Innovative Architecture'') is a series of mini-ITX, em-ITX, nano-ITX, pico-ITX and pico-ITXe motherboards with integrated VIA Microprocessor, processors. They are small and consume less power t ...

N, EPIA NL, EPIA NX, and the VIA EPIA NR. These boards are available from a wide variety of manufacturers supporting numerous different CPU platforms. VIA Mainboards Form Factor Comparison

Udoo has now released at least 1 nano-ITX board: the Udoo Bolt.

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Jetway Computer Corp. J8F9 AMD Nano-ITX Mainboards
Nano ITX Manufacturer, Mainboard OEMs, Daughterboards etc.
VIA EPIA N-Series Nano-ITX MainboardVIA EPIA NL-Series Nano-ITX MainboardVIA EPIA NX-Series Nano-ITX MainboardVIA EPIA NR-Series Nano-ITX Mainboard
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