Taiwan-based VIA Technologies is planning to adopt a 45nm process for the manufacture of its processors, and expects to launch dual-core CPUs by the end of 2009, according to sources at the company.
VIA has also revealed more details of its initial-launch Isaiah-based processor, which will feature a core frequency of 2GHz, a V4 Bus speed from 800-1333MHz, and two 64KB L1 cache and 1MB L2 cache pairs with 16-way associatively. The CPU will be manufactured by Fujitsu adopting a 65nm process. The CPU is pin compatible with the company's C7 processors.
VIA has forecast CPU shipments in 2008 to have an annual increase of around 20-30%, with shipments in the first half of 2008 to equal total shipments in 2007.
"Now if the 4870x2 was actually notably faster than the 280 for about the same price, then I might even take a chance on it. However, that won't be the case."-robx46
VIA chipsets suck week old hairballs. Someone please put me out of my misery if I ever buy a VIA CPU for a PC...
They are nice and pretty stable. Their cheap and ussually they require low power aswell. Buying a via CPU for a pc ? Probably not. But hey, informatics doesnt revolve only in super-charged riggs.
Check this one for example.
That's why I stipulated "for a PC." You don't need to shoot me if I buy it to control a robot, environmental control system, "smart" toy, or similar device.
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