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: (1) Support for low-power x86 microprocessors. (2) Support for most recent versions of Wind2ows. (3) Support for most flavors of Linux. (4) Support for up to 2 GB (gigabytes) of RAM (random access memory). (5) One PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Express 16-lane expansion slot. (6) Two Serial ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment) II slots. (7) One IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) parallel ATA slot. (8) Minimum four USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0 ports. (9) One port for 1-Gbps (billions of bits per second) LAN (local area network). (10) Three two-channel audio jacks. (11) One VGA (Video Graphics Array) port for LCD (liquid crystal display). (12) HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) port with add-on card. (13) DirectX 9.0 integrated graphics. (14) 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