Via Announces 1-Watt Processor for Mobile Devices
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Via's new processor is intended for use in mobile devices and embedded applications.
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SAN FRANCISCO Advanced Micro Devices has brought forward a demonstration of its version of a new approach to processor design, with a chip that is expected to offer faster computing and relatively less power consumption.
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Upcomimg C7 chips will run at higher speeds, but consumer less power.
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Chipmaker's Isaiah processor architecture is expected to double performance but consume same amount of energy.Images: Isaiah architecture up close
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(InfoWorld) - Samsung Electronics will introduce an upgraded version of its Q1 ultra-mobile PC with extended battery life, high-speed cellular, and a new processor. The Q1P, a successor to the Q1, will extend battery life to five hours and connect to cellular networks based on HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), Gee Sung Choi, president and chief executive of Samsung Digital Media Business, said Friday at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin. The device, to be available in the fourth quarter, will also be equipped with a processor from Via Technologies instead of Intel, which supplied technology for the first model, a company spokesman said. The spokesman declined to specify the reasons for replacing Intel, pointing only to a need to extend battery life. The Q1P will include several additional interfaces, but the spokesman declined to provide details. Pricing information was not available. The Q1 device, launched earlier this year, runs a tablet version of the Windows XP operating system and is intended to fit in the market between laptop PCs and PDAs (personal digital assistants). The new version takes advantage of HSDPA, which mobile phone network operators are rolling out with initial speeds up to 1.8Mbps. The technology is engineered for peak speeds of 14.4Mbps. Samsung's ultra-mobile PC already offers Wi-Fi connectivity.
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The speedy GeForce Go 6800 mobile graphics chip from NVidia helps power high-end, wide-screen notebooks. Plus: new Microsoft accounting software.
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The new NAND chip design will increase throughput up to 5X
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The new Mobile AMD Athlon 64 processor 3000+ operates at 2GHz and is meant for use in thin and lightweight notebook computers. It is the highest performing processor in AMD&#39;s family of low-power Mobile AMD
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Computex: As Via finds traction in the ultraportable market, it pushes the limits of small form factors.
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The chip maker has announced a tiny drive that could help bring the power of desktop computers to handheld devices.
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AMD plans to launch a 1.9 GHz, 68-watt Barcelona chip that focuses on power efficiency, and a 2.0GHz, 95-watt version that focuses on price/performance.
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Blog: Intel adds a mobile processor to its Extreme Edition lineup.
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(InfoWorld) - Via Technologies plans to develop PC motherboards that are even smaller than theÂ business card-sized Mobile ITX productÂ it announced on Tuesday. "In another year or two we will come out with even smaller form factors," Wenchi Chen, Via's CEO, promised at the Via Technology Forum, which is being held alongside the Computex exhibition in Taipei. Chen used his keynote to unveil the Mobile ITX board developed by Via. Measuring 7.5 centimeters by 4.5 cm, the tiny motherboard pushes the limits of what's possible using currently available components. Over time, the integration of components, such as combining the CPU and chip set inside a single package to conserve space, will allow Via to shrink motherboard sizes further. "The single CPU chip will happen," Chen said. Via is a distant third in the microprocessor market, trailing far behind Intel and Advanced Micro Devices. But the company has found a small and growing niche in the market for low-power processor designed for small computers. Four or five years ago, that primarily meant small desktop computers based on Via's Mini-ITX motherboards, which measure 17 cm by 17 cm. But now hardware makers are putting Via's chips into small mobile devices. Samsung ElectronicsÂ last year became the first top-tier vendor to embrace Via's mobile chips, putting them inside its Q1 ultramobile PC. Since then, Hewlett-Packard has used Via's chips in a low-power desktop PC for China, and a string of vendors have announced portable computers based on them. One of those companies is OQO, which uses a Via processor in its OQO model 02 ultramobile computer, which it bills as the smallest Windows Vista computer on the market. Other ultramobile devices that use Via's processors include theÂ NanoBook reference designÂ announced Tuesday, and Giga-byte Technology's U60, which was sold in Taiwan through a partnership with Chunghwa Telecom, which bundled the device with its 3.5G mobile service. "It sold out in the first 20 minutes, faster than anything they'd experienced," Chen said. And more is to come. Over the next six months, Via will announce deals with more vendors for ultraportable devices based on its chips, Chen said. Â
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New version of the Efficeon processor uses only 3 watts of power at 1-GHz speed.
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Chipmaker announces new chipset and reference design for consumer devices and PCs.
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Newest Efficeon processor also offers higher frequency using less power.
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Upcoming "Niagara" will appear in the 1.6GHz UltraSparc IIIi.