Mini-ITX 2.0 is a motherboard designed for use in small form factor personal computers (PCs). The physical boards measure 6.7 inches (17 centimeters) square.

Mini-ITX 2.0 was designed to support the graphics, high definition (HD) video and other rich media processing typical of personal computing. The board offers expandability and flexibility for use in a variety of environments. Because of its low power consumption, the Mini-ITX can usually employ passive cooling, eliminating problems that can occur with fan noise in home entertainment settings. 

Mini-ITX 2.0 features include:

• Support for low-power x86 microprocessors.
• Support for most recent versions of Windows.
• Support for most flavors of Linux.
• Support for up to 2 GB (gigabytes) of RAM (random access memory).
• One PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Express 16-lane expansion slot.
• Two Serial ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment) II slots.
• One IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) parallel ATA slot.
• Minimum four USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0 ports.
• One port for 1-Gbps (billions of bits per second) LAN (local area network).
• Three two-channel audio jacks.
• One VGA (Video Graphics Array) port for LCD (liquid crystal display).
• HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) port with add-on card.
• DirectX 9.0 integrated graphics.
• Support for DirectX 10.0 with add-on card.

VIA Technologies, Inc. released the first version of Mini-ITX in 2001 for use in low-power computers. Version 2.0 was released in 2008. 

04 Mar 2013