Via’s first motherboard in the tiny, 3.8 x 2.8-inch pico-ITX format appears to be available, and priced to appeal to device-builders with limited budgets. The PX10000G supports Linux and other x86 OSes, and ships with a reasonable complement of pin-header I/O cabling.

Pico-ITX succeeds Via’s nano-ITX form-factor, which in turn succeeded mini-ITX, arguably the first motherboard sized specifically for small form-factor personal computing. Each roughly halved total board footprint.

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