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Via Nano 3000 Wants To Rip Out The Eyes Of The Intel Atom
3:19AM Mark Wilson | Via’s latest nano processor, the 3000, has gone official today for a release in early 2010 in speeds ranging between 1-2GHz. The promise? Twenty per cent lower power consumption than old Vias and 1080p playback. Intel’s gotten cocky enough in the space that we don’t mind the competition one bit. More »
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Via Pico-ITX Motherboard Runs 1080p Video Like A Champ
2:30AM Dan Nosowitz | Netbooks have some drawbacks to go along with their tiny size and low price, one of which is an occasional inability to play HD video particularly smoothly. But Via’s definitely making inroads—check out this video for proof. More »
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VIA, ARM Still Trying To Beat Intel Atom, Get Inside Netbook Pants
12:10AM Joanna Stern | Intel’s Atom processor is found in virtually every netbook, but others are still trying to get inside your mini-laptop. Independently, ARM and VIA are showing improved chips, but both most likely won’t touch what Intel has in store. More »
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Via Amos 3000 Fan-Less PC Is Half the Size of a Mac Mini
12:30AM Jesus Diaz | The Via Amos 3000: A monitor-mountable Pico ITX board running at 500Mhz, with 1GB of RAM, gigabit ethernet, four USB, and DVI video, in a cool metal case with no fan. It can probably grill burgers too. [BBG] More »
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OLPC’s XO-1.5 to Boost Specs With Via Processor: You’re Welcome, Africa
12:00AM Dan Nosowitz | The hippies philanthropists at OLPC are overhauling the guts of their XO-1 with the aim of keeping the portable’s battery life while increasing its capabilities. More »
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Samsung NC20, First Via Nano Netbook, On Sale for $US550
12:15AM Mark Wilson | The Samsung NC20 is not only another 12.1-inch netbook that’s just made its way to the States (more on the NC20 here), it’s the first system with a Via Nano processor. (You know, for if you really hate Intel but found that AMD has abandoned you.) And now it’s on sale at Newegg for $US550. [NewEgg] More »
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Samsung Jumpstarts The VIA Nano Bandwagon With Its 12′ NC20 Netbook
10:07PM John Herrman | Samsung has (finally) become the first major netbook manufacturer to adopt VIA’s hot, hot Nano platform, announcing today the 12″, fat-batteried NC20. More »
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AMD Has No Interest in Netbooks, None
6:40AM Mark Wilson | You may be wondering why every netbook we write about seems to have the same Intel Atom processor. Some of it has to do with Intel’s prominence in the entire processor market at the moment (which makes competition from Via little contest), and some of it has to do with AMD not stepping up to duke it out in the tiny laptop arena. AMD simply has no interest in the mini-laptop market, and CEO Dirk Meyer makes it abundantly clear: More »
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Via’s Nano Beats Intel’s Atom in Apples and Oranges Test
10:45PM Kit Eaton | Via’s Nano and Intel’s Atom low-power processors are intended for slightly different purposes, but that didn’t stop HardOCP pitting them against each other in performance tests, and coming up with some interesting results. In every single benchmark, the beefier Nano beat the Atom. In particular it was 59% better in MP3 encoding tests, 37% in Divx encoding and achieved double the frame rate in Quake 4. No surprises there: the Nano is designed to draw a little more current (53W against 45W) than the Atom, so it won’t make it into quite the same hand-held gizmos as Intel’s chip. But the tests revealed that under normal “desktop” usage, the Nano actually drew less power when idling. Looks like Via’s got a hot one in its grip: we might expect to see more of this chip. [HardOCP via BBG] More »
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