VIA has announced its fastest EPIA motherboard so far with the launch of the VIA EPIA SN. The board is based on the CN896 IGP chipset, VIA VT8251 southbridge and powered by a VIA 1.8 GHz C7 processor. The new board boosts up to 30 % better performance than previous EPIA models and has been equipped with a PCIe x16 slot for the latest generation of graphics cards. It also has 4 Serial ATA II ports (various RAID support), an Ultra DMA port, a Compact Flash connector, dual GB LAN ports and wireless networking support. The CN896 chipset has an integrated graphics core in the form of VIA Chrome9 HC and the board has been certified by Microsoft and is Windows Vista compatible.
