Product Summary

The CN700 is an Advanced Digital Media Chipset. The CN700 features a robust shared memory architecture and support for up to 2GB of high bandwidth DDR2 533 or DDR400 memory, as well as a high speed V-Link interface for a 533MB/sec connection to VIAs feature-leading South Bridge options.

Parametrics

CN700 absolute maximum ratings: (1)Power Type: AT/ATX; (2)Operation Temperature: 0 to 60℃; (3)Storage Temperature: -20 to 80℃; (4)Operating Humidity: 0%to 90% relative humidity,non-condensing; (5)Size: ( L x W ) 114 mm x 95 mm; (6)Weight: 0.22 lbs (0.1 kg).

Features

CN700 features: (1)Supports up to 2GB DDR2 533/400MHz or DDR400/333/266MHz SDRAM; (2)533 MB/sec 8-bit V-Link Host Controller supporting V-Map Modular Architecture; (3)Chromotion CE Video Display engine; (4)MPEG-2 Decoder; (5)Video De-blocking; (6)Adaptive De-Interlace; (7)Integrated VIA UniChrome Pro Graphics; (8)Optimized Unified memory Architecture (UMA); (9)200MHz Graphics Engine Clock with separated 128-bit data paths; (10)128-bit 2D and 3D Graphics engine; (11)12-bit DVI transmitter; (12)24-bit Flat Panel Display Interface and Dual 12-bit Flat Panel Display Interface; (13)12-bit interface to external TV encoder for SDTV and HDTV display; (14)Support for VIA Vinyl Gold 8-channel HD Audio Controller & integrated VIA Vinyl 6-channel HD Audio; (15)Serial ATA support for up to 4 devices; (16)Integrated V-RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 0+1, and JBOD (SATA) support; (17)Parallel ATA133/100/66 support for up to 4 devices; (18)Support for up to 8 USB 2.0/USB 1.1 ports; (19)Support for VIA Velocity Gigabit Ethernet companion controller & Integrated 10/100 Fast Ethernet; (20)Advanced System Power Management Support.

Diagrams

CN700 block diagram