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New VIA x86 CPU Takes Aim At Intel Silverthorne

Posted by kdawson on from the chipping-away-at-the-prophet-margin dept.

Kaz writes "While not operating on the same scale as the two major CPU designers, VIA has been gaining traction in the world of UMPCs and thin clients with its Eden and C7 lines of processors. While past architectures have been considerably out-of-date in terms of modern features, the new Isaiah architecture looks to be very competitive with what AMD and Intel have lined up for future ultra-mobile products. It features an out-of-order, superscalar execution core, 64-bit support, virtualization, and even SSE3 — all on a 94M-transistor, 65nm process die. The initial offering will be single-core only, though VIA says that multi-core ability is already designed in. Is Isaiah going to replace your Core 2 system for gaming? No, but it might give Intel's Silverthorne a run for the money."

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  1. Troll. Was Re:Follow The Trend by dspart · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Eh, what? >simply replace the cache memory with on-board memory On-board being what? On the PCB? Sooo, replace the quick-to-access memory with the stuff on the motherboard? Remember the 1980s? >then we're talking panacea cakes, batman. Cough. >Naturally, this will first occur in low-performance devices where huge amounts of memory are not necessary. Then, it will work its way into the PC and up from there. Ditto. >[other trite crap.] N/C

    1. Re:Troll. Was Re:Follow The Trend by sm62704 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Agreed. Some people have mod points but no grasp of technology.

      OTOH this comment (mine) should be downmodded, as it certainly IS offtopic. Mods, the parent post is informative, the GP is interesting, and this one is offtopic. ("No karma bonus" checked, so I'm starting off by downmodding myslef)

      -mcgrew

      PS- no spam for YOU!

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      mcgrew's razor: Never attribute to stupidity that which can be explained by greedy self-interest
  2. Re:I've got a C7 running a home email server. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Activist activist activist.

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    FUCKER! Going to reach for your revolver? Would you really do that in real life if I said the word activist in your hearing?

    Anyway, I'm an activist. BOO!