Via busts out inexpensive laptop processor
Almost missed this one the other day, but Via, that other chip maker you don't hear about all that often, introduced a new laptop processor last week called the C7 that's smaller, lighter, and cheaper than similar chips. It's also supposed to narrow (but not close) the performance gap between their chips and those of AMD and Intel that's dogged Via for the past few years, as well as potentially bring the price of an ultralight laptop down to around $800. The first two C7 processors will run at 1.5GHz and 1.7GHz, with a 2GHz chip to follow later.
