Via's one-watt Eden processor gets official

Just as expected, Via is indeed releasing an uber-efficient, one-watt Eden processor. Reportedly, the 500MHz Eden ULV boasts "an idle power of just 0.1-watt," and is targeting "a wide range of industrial, commercial, and ultra mobile applications." The fanless CPU resides within a 21- x 21-millimeter NanoBGA2 package, is manufactured using a 90-nanometer process, and should be on display (and in a number of wee devices) at the Embedded System Conference taking place right now in Taipei.

[JPQsat @ Aug 23rd 2007 4:27PM]

wow, could they make a 1.5ghz with a .5 watt? That could result in UMPC that last 48 hours on a charge.(with 5inch and less screens)

[Lattyware @ Aug 23rd 2007 5:59PM]

Check their site. I believe the 1.5GHz (fastest) version needs 7w if I remember correctly.

[me @ Aug 23rd 2007 4:46PM]

Is the processor completely fanless, with a heatsink being optional? Or is it required to have a heatsink?

[Ayle @ Aug 23rd 2007 4:54PM]

Since it's using only one watt it doesnt have energy to dissipate so it wont get hot, it's one par with the Xcale cpu you can find in pda...

[Daran @ Aug 23rd 2007 5:17PM]

VIA is really starting to get my attention. They beat out similarly specked CPUs at a cycle per clock basis PLUS they're heat dissipation is practically nothing.

[got rice @ Aug 23rd 2007 6:46PM]

Taiwan, Taipei!

Got rice, B ?

[Huehuecoyotl @ Aug 23rd 2007 11:15PM]

i wonder how much faster it would get if they went to a 65 nanometer process?

[Iam9376 @ Aug 24th 2007 3:32AM]

It wouldn't get any faster, however the smaller process would reduce overall power consumption.

Only speed gain from a smaller processing size would be the ability to fit more transistors in the same size package.

[CB @ Aug 24th 2007 4:00AM]

Call me stupid, but watt is the point of having a chip so small them attaching it to a backplate that big for connection purposes? Surely if the chips innards were spread out over the size of the backplate then cooling would be a no-brainer

[MonteVale @ Aug 24th 2007 4:18PM]

ALLRIGHT!!!
Now lets get 4 of these in a UMPC and have a QUAD CORE under 5 watt of power.