With the recent craze for low-power technology and the increasing importance of HTPC equipment, technology makers are forced to ride a line between efficiency and capability while meeting ever increasing demands due to the proliferation of high definition media. Combine this demand with consumers' hunger for small footprints, and manufacturers find themselves in quite a tight spot. Fortunately, there's a product that can fill these demands and still provide a few surprises. Zotac's small Mini-ITX motherboard, the IONITX-A-U, is a fully featured, well-endowed motherboard-CPU combo that manages to squeeze the maximum amount of performance out of less energy than could power a lightbulb. With an integrated Wireless-N chip, full support for HDMI and high definition audio, Atom N330 dual core processor, and NVIDIA ION graphics, the IONITX-A-U stands ready to meet even the most demanding needs in today's home theater.