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Single-Chip x86 Chipsets Around the Corner?

Posted by Zonk on from the bet-you-can't-eat-just-one dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Kontron, a giant among industrial single-board computer vendors, yesterday revealed a credit-card sized board apparently based on a single-chip x86 chipset that clocks to 1.5GHz and supports a gig of RAM. It targets portable devices — not x86's usual forte. Kontron isn't saying whether the board uses a Via or an Intel chip(set) — both vendors reportedly have single-chip chipsets in the works, part of their respective missions to drive 'x86 everywhere.'"

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  1. Who's in charge of code names? by KevinKnSC · · Score: 5, Funny
    From the article:

    Codenamed "John," the processor will integrate CPU, northbridge, and southbridge...

    That was the best code name they could come up with? Seriously?

    1. Re:Who's in charge of code names? by brit74 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Via's code names are almost always biblical:

      * Luke
      * Esther
      * Nehemiah

      I'm still looking forward to the Satan and Whore of Babylon chipsets.

  2. 'x86 everywhere.' by geekoid · · Score: 3, Funny

    What did we do to you to deserve this?

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    The Kruger Dunning explains most post on /. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
  3. What would it take? by Zaphod-AVA · · Score: 4, Funny

    What would a chip have to include for VIA to codename it Jesus?

    1. Re:What would it take? by Kagenin · · Score: 5, Funny

      A built-in WINE environment.

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      "All warfare is based on deception."
      Sun Tzu, "The Art of War"
    2. Re:What would it take? by makapuf · · Score: 5, Funny

      Flash memory (or some storage). Remember JESUS SAVES !

    3. Re:What would it take? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Nah, Just water will do, Jesus can do the rest...

  4. Re:x86 programming by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 4, Funny

    but it just seems exceedingly complex and tedious to program for this chip without use of a higher level crutch (C compiler...) I am sad that once again everything I know is becoming outdated... :)

    You sure are outdated. Today's "higher level crutch" is Python.

  5. Re:Great idea by canuck57 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Right. Because more gigahertz means faster.

    That is a fallacy big time.

    One game is to just clock up the frequency and make you think you have more. Put a divider in the middle and I could give you a 20GHz CPU. It is about throughput. How much can I get don in n cycles. For this, benchmarks are where it is at. Pick a benchmark(s) that is similar to the anticipated loads and work from there.