VIA Technologies has announced the Surfboard NetNote Edition mini-laptop platform with support for 1080p HD video.
The VIA Surfboard NetNote ultraportables have 10.2″ – 12.1″ displays with resolutions up to 1366 x 768 pixels, while external display resolutions go up to 1920 x 1440 pixels. The NetNotes are based on VIA C7-M and Nano CPUs and VX855 chipset with VIA Chrome9 HCM integrated graphics, supporting H.264, MPEG2, MPEG-4, WMV9, and VC1 video decoding acceleration.
Systems based on VIA’s new platforms incorporate HDMI outputs, 8-channel HD audio, support for mobile broadband connectivity and WiFi, a single SO-DIMM socket for up to 2GB of DDR2 memory, and a 3-cell or 6-cell battery.
There’s no info on availability.





