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Pico-ITXe

Pico-ITXe is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Pico-ITXe rather than just read about it. In short: Pico-ITXe is a PC Pico-ITX motherboard specification created by VIA Technologies and SFF-SIG. It was announced by VIA Technologies on October 29, 2008, and released in December 2008.

Key takeaways

Pico-ITXe belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Pico-ITXe to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Pico-ITXe from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Pico-ITXe is a PC Pico-ITX motherboard specification created by VIA Technologies and SFF-SIG. It was announced by VIA Technologies on October 29, 2008, and released in December 2008. The Pico-ITXe specifications call for the board to be 10 × 7.2 cm (3.9 × 2.8 in), which is half the area of Nano-ITX, and 12 layers deep. The processor can be a VIA C7 that uses VIA's NanoBGA2 technology. It uses DDR2 667/533 SO-DIMM memory, with support for up to 2GB. Video is supplied by VIA's Chrome9 HC3 GPU with built-in MPEG-2, 4, WMV9, and VC1 decoding acceleration. The BIOS is a 4 or 8 Mbit Award BIOS.

EPIA-P710 The first motherboard that was produced under this specification is called EPIA-P710. It was released in December 2008. It is 10 × 7.2 cm (3.9 × 2.8 in) and 12 layers deep. The operating temperature range is from 0°C to about 50 °C. The operating humidity level (relative and non-condensing) can be from 0% to about 95%. It uses a 1 GHz VIA C7-M processor, a VIA VX800 chip set, and is RoHS compliant. It has onboard VGA video-out. Gigabit Ethernet is supplied by VIA's VT6122, but requires a connector board. HD 5.1 channel audio is provided by a VIA VT1708B chip. The following are the standard I/O connections:

2× SUMIT QMS/QFS series connectors by Samtec 1× GigaLAN pin header 1× Audio Pin Connector for Line-out, Line-in, MIC-in 1× Front Panel pin header 1× CRT pin header 1× UDMA 100/133 44-pin PATA 1× 3 Gbit/s SATA DVI and LVDS video-out USB 2.0 COM PS/2 Mouse & Keyboard Up to four I/O expansion boards can be stacked upon each other using the SUMIT interface.

See also Pico-ITX Mini-ITX Mobile-ITX EPIA Ultra-Mobile PC

References

External links Pico-ITXe Specification Home EPIA-P710 Product Home Page Hothardware Article

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Pico-ITXe

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Pico-ITXe claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Pico-ITXe before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Pico-ITXe ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Pico-ITXe

In research: Pico-ITXe appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Pico-ITXe in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Pico-ITXe is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics IBM PC compatibles, Motherboard form factors, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Pico-ITXe outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Pico-ITXe in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Pico-ITXe means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Pico-ITXe out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Pico-ITXe in simple terms?

Pico-ITXe is a PC Pico-ITX motherboard specification created by VIA Technologies and SFF-SIG. It was announced by VIA Technologies on October 29, 2008, and released in December 2008.

Why does Pico-ITXe matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Pico-ITXe?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Pico-ITXe.