VIA OpenBook: Laptop Design Released As Open Source Project
Via Technologies released the hardware design for a low-cost laptop with WiMAX support under an open-source license. The designed released as the actual raw CAD files under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 license which is a brilliant first step that clearly and legally allows others to emergently build upon VIA's open innovation. This laptop will provide alternative to Asus EEE laptop computer:
Via Hardware Specifications
- Processor: 1.6GHz VIA C7-M ULV Processor
- FSB: 800MHz
- Chipset: VIA VX800
- Memory: DDR2 SO-DIMM up to 2GB
- HDD: 80GB Hard-Disk or above
- LCD Panel: 8.9" WVGA 1024X600 LED screen
- Graphics: VIA Chrome9 HC3 DX9 3D engine with shared system memory up to 256MB
- Video Decoding: MPEG-2, MPEG-4, VC1 and DiVX video decoding acceleration
- Audio: Realtek HD Audio codec, 2 speakers
- Networking: 10/100/1000 Mb/s Broadcom Giga NIC Ethernet Solution
- Wireless: Broadcom 802.11b/g or GCT 802.16e
- 2in1 (WiFI+ Blue Tooth) default module
- 3in1 (AGPS+WiFI+ Blue Tooth) upgrade module
- WiMAX secondary wireless module option
- EV-DO /W-CDMA secondary wireless module option
- HSPDA secondary wireless module option
- I/O: 4 in 1 embedded card reader
- 1 D-Sub Port
- 3 x USB (Ver. 2.0 Type A Port)
- 1 Mic-in audio jack
- 1 Headphone out
- Webcam: 2.01 megapixel dual headed rotary CCD camera
- Dimension: 240(W)x175(D)mm
- Thickness: 36.2(H)mm ( at battery)
- Weight: Under 1kg
- Operating System Support: Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista and all popular Linux distributions.
- Status Indicators Power on, battery and HDD LEDs
- Battery: 4 Cells, 2600ma
- Options: USB interface DVD Dual RW
- Leather Cover
OpenBook Video
(Video 01: Why Via OpenBook? [visit site to view embedded video] )
For further information visit the official via open book website.
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