VIA Introduces the Nano Processor

Vigile writes "While the VIA Isaiah architecture had been previously discussed, the new x86 processor is officially being released as the VIA Nano. The Nano marks VIA's first 64-bit, superscalar, speculative out-of-order CPU design and is being built on Fujitsu's 65nm process technology. While direct performance comparisons are still missing, the products being released could bring Intel's Atom platform to its knees: clock speeds as high as 1.8 GHz or as low as 1.0 GHz with a maximum power draw of only 5 watts! VIA's recently announced mini-note OpenBook platform is a likely candidate for the Nano the processors but they will likely find their way into mainstream desktop and notebook computers as well." Reader MojoKid contributes a link to HotHardware's story on the chip now known as the Nano , as well as a January interview with VIA's Centaur design center president, Glenn Henry, who "went into fairly deep detail on what VIA had in store with Isaiah."

Comments

Re:Cue Apple's lawyers

[Oxy the moron]

I had this same thought. Imagine, though, if Apple agreed to run i[music player/phone name]s on the VIA Nano processor. I think the universe might implode!

Hey wait a moment..!

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm buying a new chip because the old one was out-of-order!

Re:Cue Apple's lawyers

[Azar]

Maybe they could get this processor could scale down small enough to fit into the Apple iPod Nano. Then Apple could get Robin Williams to be the spokesperson for it and they could advertise it as the "Nano Nano". Or maybe the "Apple Mork". They could even wrap it in a loud looking blue, orange, and yellow protective jacket.

Apple fans would still buy it.

Re:Cue Apple's lawyers

[morgan_greywolf]

Well, I think there's a few devices with the word Micro in them. But if it came down to it, they could just switch to Pico.

Will they be introducing a more power hungry high-end workstation or server version? I propose that they could call it 'Emacs'!

Re:Stop this nano craze

[TheRaven64]

I liked the iPod Nano. It made me imagine full-sized iPods that were 10e9 times larger. This is less fun.

Re:Really...

[Anonmyous Coward]

> for cheesy bad-action-flick terminology ("Intel's chip brought to it's knees!")

I was thinking more pr0n-flick (the bad goes without saying) than bad-action-flick imagery from that statement. Don't read too much into what that says about me.

Re:Cue Apple's lawyers

[Anonymous Coward]

"You think that's funny, dickcheese? I bet you're sat there fucking creaming yourself because some dipshit mod modded you 'funny' cause you made him spray Cheeto dust all over his fifteenth fucking chin. You think you've contributed something, you've sat back in smug shit-eating satisfaction that you're some all round fucking funny guy but you're not, because you're a fucking nothing. What do you think you've contributed here, limpdick? Fuck off before I slap you in your shit-filled mouth."

Holy Jesus.

Taco has finally lost it.

Re:I'd like to see vpn/firewall box around this CP

[idiotnot]

I know both OpenBSD and NetBSD have had support for the earlier Via hardware crypto devices; if the new ones are sufficiently similar, the support should follow very shortly.

Re:Obligatory.

[iowannaski]

1997 called. It wants its obligations back.

Re:Cue Apple's lawyers

[Emperor Zombie]

The iPod Nano Nano? Sounds like something Mork would use.