VIA Zhaoxin x86 4 and 8-core SoC processors launch
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uKER
One vital piece of info is missing here: what platform do these run on?
Do they hijack one of Intel's or AMD's platforms or are they intending to introduce their own?
Hilbert Hagedoorn
Administrator
These are SoC's based on a BGA package. So a platform with a chipset is not required similar to say the proc in your smartphone.
uKER
Oh, so they're staying out of the PC-building market then, and only selling to OEMs.
slimmy427
28nm...sounds like they are trying to compete with the wrong era. I would be interested to see the energy efficiency. May have something to do with the low clock frequency?
schmidtbag
Interesting... I wasn't expecting VIA to come out with such an upgrade over their previous generation, and I didn't think they were going to do laptops. I'm interested in the idea of a Zhaoxin laptop, but, VIA is notorious for their negligence with GPU drivers, on any OS. Unless they ditch their GPUs entirely, I'd rather just get a laptop based on Snapdragon, Tegra, or i.MX.
artk2219
cryohellinc
Well hey, everyone started somewhere. I hope they will mature faster, as I'm 200% certain the have a fantastic reverse engineering team. 😉
Embra
It will be interesting to see what hey come out with the next few years.
H83
Wanting to compete against AMD and Intel?... VIA is feeling very brave...
f14dude
So is this designed for Windows or Linux? or some other say.... Amiga OS? 😛
Hilbert Hagedoorn
Administrator
sykozis
f14dude
Stairmand
Off topic but Amiga OS (4 onwards) require a PowerPC based setup. They tried to sell there own desktops based on Power PC but they were hideously expensive for the spec and limited usability.
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Fox2232
rl66
McFly121
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kruno
Silva
28nm @2.0Ghz.
Bro, they're dead at start.