We brought you coverage of ATi's Xpress 200M launch a couple of weeks back, and today it's VIA's turn to launch a chipset supporting AMD's new Turion 64 mobile technology.
Delivering all the performance, connectivity and advanced power management needed for next generation thin and light, high-performance notebooks, the VIA K8N800A would be ideally suited to support notebook PCs powered by the forthcoming AMD Turion™ 64 mobile technology. The powerful AMD64 platform combined with VIA’s acclaimed chipset, graphics and digital media technologies affords an exceptional computing and entertainment experience anywhere.

The VIA K8N800A chipset features the S3 Graphics UniChrome Pro Integrated Graphics Processor (IGP), providing outstanding dual pipeline graphics performance through a 128-bit 2D/3D engine and shared DDR memory support for 3D gaming and applications, while the Chromotion CE Video Display Engine blends hardware-based MPEG-2 decoding acceleration for flawless digital video playback with advanced display technologies for enhanced video rendering and a rich visual experience. Furthermore, support for an external AGP 8X port allows optional graphics processor upgrades on supporting notebooks.
[Press Release]