My Very Own Motherboard, By VIA

Well, it's had a go at CPUs, after somewhat dominating the chipset market, and we all know about VIA chipsets, don't we. When it isn't at odds with Intel, VIA does a decent job of implementing new technologies into its core logic

Well, it's had a go at CPUs, after somewhat dominating the chipset market, and we all know about VIA chipsets, don't we. When it isn't at odds with Intel, VIA does a decent job of implementing new technologies into its core logic chips.

So, what's to stop it from having a stab at the mobo market. Nothing at all, except marketing muscle.

The C3M266 will include VIA's new chip, the Apollo CLE266, for its Northbridge. The chip has an onboard MPEG-2 decoder, and is the first core logic chip to have such a feature. The MicroATX form factor board will also have USB 2.0, IEEE 1394, and Ethernet (10/100).

The board will feature onboard sound and video, which promises to provide fairly decent multimedia capabilities.