VIA Technologies, a leading maker of power-efficient x86 microprocessors, is releasing a new series of nano processors, based on VIA"s Isaiah chip architecture.
The five power-efficient x86 processors in the Nano family use between 5 and 25 watts, and chips have clock speeds ranging from 1.0 to 1.8 GHz. These kinds of ultra-thin, low-voltage processors are aimed at ultraportable notebooks and ultramobile PCs. The Nano processors "represent the next generation of x86 technology," said Wenchi Chen, President and CEO, VIA Technologies in a statement. The VIA Nano processors are the first 64-bit, superscalar, speculative out-of-order x86 processors produced by VIA.