WonderMedia chips on VIA Pico-ITX board

The VAB-600 Pico-ITX board from VIA doesn't feature a VIA processor - or well not really anyway. Instead it features an ARM Cortex-A9 processor from VIA's subsidiary, WonderMedia. This has been paired up with WonderMedia's Mali-400 graphics. Overall this keeps the power consumption of the system down really low and the costs too, making suitable for an Android or Linux-based setup. 1GB of built in RAM should be ample, along with 4GB of storage.

Rumours surface of a new single-board computer from VIA by July

After the success of the Raspberry Pi-like VIA APC Paper single board computer, its little wonder that VIA will follow up with new models. The Element14 community has this to say:

"What sets VIA’s new board above the Raspberry Pi (even though the Pi is smaller) is not only faster hardware but all the aforementioned connections which gives users more options regarding peripherals that can be connected including Wi-Fi via a USB dongle."

They seem to know quite a bit about this board that hasn't been announced yet!

VIA's new Pico-ITX board comes with everything you need to in-vehicle setup

One of the first things that case modders thought of when VIA brought out the Mini-ITX motherboard was - let's put a PC in a car. Many kits and chassis and designs have come along since. VIA's latest Pico-ITX mainboard is designed for in-car, or in-vehicle use, as the snazzy title to VIA's Press Release attests: VIA Announces Latest VIA Pico-ITX Board to Jump Start In-Vehicle Innovation, VIA VAB-600.

Interestingly, this Pico-ITX board does not feature a VIA CPU; it has an ARM Cortex instead.

"Based on the ultra compact Pico-ITX form factor, measuring 10 cm x 7.2 cm, the VIA VAB-600 combines an 800MHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor with a built-in 2D/3D graphics engine, supporting OpenGL® ES 2.0, to deliver a smooth user experience and superb multimedia performance. Customers can leverage our starter kits which include a VIA VAB-600 Pico-ITX board, VAB-600-A I/O card, VAB-600-C TTL Converter card, 7” touch screen TTL panel, cables and 18W AC adaptor.
Rear I/O includes one Mini HDMI port, two Mini-USB 2.0 ports, one 10/100 Ethernet port and 1 12~24V DC-in jack. 

On-board features include 4GB eMMC Flash memory, 1GB DDR3 SDRAM, one DVO connector for TTL or LVDS display, two COM ports, SPI, one USB 2.0 connector, one Mini Card slot (supports USB 2.0 connectivity for optional WiFi module VNT9271B6050), support for one SIM card slot, touch screen connector, front pin headers for line-in/out and MIC-in, I2C and GPIO pin header, and one battery charger connector with smart battery function."