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Via Will Join The 64-Bit Fray
ancice with news that Via plans to introduce 64-bit chip codenamed 'CN.' "It was revealed at the Fall Processor Forum. The chip 'will have much better performance, particularly when handling video and audio information ... However, it won't depart from Via's emphasis on low cost, small size and modest power consumption.' Features include 'high-speed Front Side Bus, ... Floating Point Unit that can achieve floating-point additions and multiplies using only two clock cycles, an increased cache size, high-speed data movement, and out-of order, superscalar execution that allows the processor to achieve high clock rates while executing multiple, simultaneous instructions for high definition digital entertainment.' The story was
reported by ZDNet. The offical release is
here. Expected release date is first half of 2006." Update: 10/06 13:10 GMT by T : Also at the Forum, VIA showed off a dual-processor Mini-ITX board, about which more below.
An anonymous reader submits "Via gave a sneak preview at the Fall Processor Forum of what is likely the world's first dual-processor mini-ITX mobo. The "four-wheel drive Hyundai" is expected to ship in "early 2005," according to the article at LinuxDevices. Looks like Via is cooking up some higher-end hardware in hopes the security processing features in its CPUs can carry it into higher-margin markets. I don't know, though; I think I'd rather have a PocketPC cluster ... "
Damn!
first
that means new erf pizzle
FP!
I want to love you all, love you so hard.
I like to open my computer and remove the processor and put another one. I like to take out perpihals and insert new ones made in Taiwan, cheap sound cards, network adaptors, etc. This the the "PC", my friends.
So either apple releases MacOSX to other platforms or no MacOSX for me. I ain't stupid to be locked on apple hardware for life!
Can you imagine a beowulf cluster of these?
distinguished name?
dn=via.com,c=US
Here in Canada, VIA and CN are both strongly associated with trains:
e x.shtml
http://www.viarail.ca/
http://www.cn.ca/en_ind
The former carries passengers, the latter carries freight.
My rights don't need management.
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All this talk of the VIA boards reminds me that Intel was talking a lot about how picoBTX systems should be available sometime soon. I saw that Gateway is already shipping the first standard BTX systems, but I was wondering if anyone out there in /.land had some better dirt on when the picoBTX systems are supposed to be available.
Google seems to be filled with months-old news about picoBTX, so maybe someone here has the scoop?
That green slime had it coming.