VIA launches low power C7 processor

VIA launches low power C7 processor

Zygo on 28 May 2005 - 09:16 · 19 comments & 2837 views

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VIA today launched the VIA C7 processor, a new competitor to Intel's popular mobile Pentium M processor. The C7 is based on the Esther core, it VIA claims it is the world's smallest, lowest power and most secure native x86 processor. The VIA C7 is produced on a 90nm SOI process from IBM and the 2.0GHz version uses only 20W at peak levels while idle power consumption is as low as 0.1W.

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#1 AMDMEFX-55 on 28 May 2005 - 09:23

Wow I never thought IBM would come back so strong. With the x-box 360 and ps3 now this.

#2 MasterSpy on 28 May 2005 - 09:37

Helpful if you need to go long distances without charging. However, there aren't many laptops that seem to have VIA chipsets + processors around.

(1 reply) #3 Relativity_17 on 28 May 2005 - 09:43

How do the 128KB of L2 cache that these things pack compare to the 2MB being bundled with the P-M?

#3.1 Staind on 28 May 2005 - 10:36

2MB is far too enough, Intel is boasting, but 128K is sorta unacceptable. I prefer its heat-performance.

(5 replies) #4 MountainSnake on 28 May 2005 - 11:36

VIA is a POS.

#4.1 Skyfrog on 28 May 2005 - 15:01

Well at least you gave us some reasonable and intelligent reasons to back up your claim, otherwise you might have looked like a stupid troll.

#4.2 MountainSnake on 28 May 2005 - 17:17

Hmmm... maybe all my 10 years in the OEM market and PC assembling and all those 98800866 headaches I had (AND STILL HAVE) with their POS chipsets, even the NEWEST ONES. They're a "wannabe INTEL"

So, the stupid troll was ? (you)

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#4.3 Skyfrog on 28 May 2005 - 18:17

Now was that so hard? Just posting a comment like "VIA is a POS" without any reason is dumb and is usually nothing more than trolling. Anyway, this is a CPU not a chipset, and this is 2005 so saying something is a POS based on a different product they made 10 years ago isn't exactly relevant. Sort of like saying AMD sucks because of the K6-2.

#4.4 El_Cu_Guy on 28 May 2005 - 23:40

MountainSnake doesn't know anything. Whining about chipsets. Boo hoo. You might sound at least half intelligent if you had said "Cyrix processors sucked!" Now that might make a tiny bit of sense for a 10 year old tech argument.

#4.5 SquareSoft0 on 30 May 2005 - 04:39

Do you mean the argument is 10 years old, or the argument is coming from a 10 year old. Oh well, both.

#5 N@t5 on 28 May 2005 - 12:07

Can't wait for Mini-ITX boards or smaller based on this

The thing is only 21mm across, wow!

#6 Skyfrog on 28 May 2005 - 15:00

I built a mini system with a VIA C3 for someone a few years ago; it's no gaming machine but it wasn't meant to be. Runs office type programs perfectly fine and is great for browsing the net, and that's all they use it for. Saved them quite a bit of money going that route, and since the processor needed no fan the system was very quiet. I'm glad to see they are still in the game, the more competition the better.

#7 nvizible on 28 May 2005 - 16:01

holy **** that's one sweet processor! Can't wait for them to filter down to mini itx and laptops.

(1 reply) #8 episode on 28 May 2005 - 16:05

Calling it a competitor is a bit of a stretch.

#8.1 El_Cu_Guy on 28 May 2005 - 23:42

Low end desktops/laptops sold at white-trash-mart (I mean WalMart) are a good market for these.

Set-top boxes are where these would really come in handy. Nothing is worse than a box with a noisy fan.

(1 reply) #9 betasp on 29 May 2005 - 01:29

Of course all fo you are forgetting about the thin-client market. We have over 40 Cx based machines at my company and they work great... and at $120 a thin client, it is cheaper than most boxed Intel processors.

#9.1 ford_fpv on 29 May 2005 - 10:38

QUOTE

Nothing is worse than a box with a noisy fan.

uhhhh, talking about a noisy system....mine is noisy alright but if you do something extensive that requires power, it seems like it's about to take off lol

#10 zanzibar on 30 May 2005 - 00:49

It is a slow CPU that will never make it into a gaming rig, we all know that. The point is, this CPU, at full load uses 20W. This CPU was not made for performance. It was made for efficiency.

#11 Ulpian on 30 May 2005 - 20:29

As always, it will be unavailable on the market, only on news page...

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