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A green motherboard, figuratively, is just what the world needs right now. Of course, to take the initiative was a risk in itself. The motherboard must still comply with many rules, regulations, standards and much more.

It is with great surprise to us that Via Technologies has launched a new PC motherboard to help OEMs build Personal Computers meeting the US Energy Star requirements. The new PC3500 mainboard draws less than 24 watts in idle state. This is actually less than half of the 50 watt requirement of the US EPA’s Energy Star Program Requirement for Computers. In addition it draws only 1.09 watts in Sleep Mode, and 0.68 watts in Standby (Off Mode), easily meeting the Energy Star requirements for a Category A system. Moreover, the new motherboard uses approximately less than 35 watts when using a DVD.