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VIA finally announce C7 chip

By: Bogdan Botezatu, Hardware Editor

Chip manufacturer VIA finally begun to sample marine units, its x86 processors Isaiah announced at the beginning of this year. In Isaiah architecture C7 chip will replace the company that acquired
on the huge popularity of low-cost Linux-based ultra-mobile PC market.

According to Glenn Henry, CEO "Centaur Technology (VIA processor branch), the company's" aggressive "offshore units sampling its newest processors offer.

While the increase in productivity for the C7 series, the first generation Isaiah processors will support their pin-to-pin compatibility with the latter. This means that any user can replace C7 chips with Isaiah unit without replacing the motherboard or the performance of additional hardware tweaks.

Henry also alleges that Isaiah offering particularly in the light of relevance to the needs of low-cost "thin and light notebook market. Nevertheless, competition is expected to be severe, as Intel's upcoming processor Atom will also pitch in the NetBooks market, as Intel likes to call it.

Chip manufacturer showed that Isaiah chip takes 3.5 W when working at full load. By contrast, Intel's upcoming Atom "Silverthorne" would require 0.6 W at 2.5 W downtime and operating at full capacity. However, Intel was able to reduce the demand for energy by adopting "in order" performance technologies that have a negative impact on chip operations. Instead of VIA decided to take superscalar, out-of-order design, which can handle three instructions per clock cycle.

Despite the fact that VIA processor can deliver better performance Intel's colleague, its success in the market are still questionable. While VIA has limited resources and reduce the impact of the media, Intel can actively promote Atom chip. However, Henry relies on the VIA long tradition of low-cost, low-performance computer market, where Intel is just starting to emerge.

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