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...FIERCE COMPETITION IN THE MOBILE CPU MARKETPLACE.

Thank god I didn't make an "overlord" joke.]]>May 29th 2008 4:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/
........The latest games at a reasonable framerate?]]>May 29th 2008 4:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/Wait...]]>May 29th 2008 6:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/May 29th 2008 6:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/May 29th 2008 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/May 29th 2008 10:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/
This was a problem that somewhat plagues the Transmeta Crusoe chips. They are low powered, but spend so long doing work that on another cpu would have finished a long time ago. The net was that if you had even a mild workload, it would be less efficient.]]>May 29th 2008 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/May 29th 2008 4:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/May 29th 2008 6:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/May 29th 2008 7:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/May 29th 2008 5:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/May 29th 2008 7:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/May 29th 2008 5:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/May 29th 2008 5:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/May 29th 2008 6:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/
Parkour?]]>May 29th 2008 7:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/May 29th 2008 6:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/May 29th 2008 6:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/May 29th 2008 7:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/May 29th 2008 7:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/
"...(and your palm)..."]]>May 29th 2008 7:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/
Isaiah (Nano) has a Thermal Design Power of 20 - 25 Watt.

Silverthorne (Atom) has a Thermal Design Power ranging from 0.6 - 8 Watt.

Griffin (from AMDs Puma platform) has a Thermal Design Power of 35 Watt for the Dual-core version.]]>May 29th 2008 7:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/May 29th 2008 7:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/
The power draw from the 1-1.3 GHz models is in line with Atom, and the performance-per-clock couldn't possibly be worse than Atom. The 1.2 GHz Atom is actually SLOWER than the 900 MHz Celeron currently in the EeePC. These VIA processors will outperform Atom, clock-for-clock.

25W is only for the 1.8 GHz model. You should probably read through the article.]]>May 29th 2008 8:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/May 29th 2008 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/May 29th 2008 8:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/
Thanks for the sweet talking ;)]]>May 29th 2008 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/May 29th 2008 7:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/
If dual core Atom processors have an 8W TDP as projected, Isaiah would really be competing with the dual-core Atom part. Also, at 25W consider that Isaiah has a higher TDP than the MacBook Air's Core 2 Duo processor (20W TDP) and Intel's LV C2D (17W TDP) and ULV C2D (10W TDP).

All I'm saying is that the single-core Isaiah had better be packing some serious performance if it wants to take Intel head-to-head in the 8W+ TDP game.]]>May 29th 2008 7:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/May 29th 2008 9:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/May 29th 2008 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/May 29th 2008 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/
Intels main advantage going into this is HT. This prevents the CPU from wasting power & time when its flushing its pipeline. But, in single threaded work, I fully expect Nano to outperform Atom by a large margin.]]>May 29th 2008 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/May 29th 2008 9:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/via-isaiah-becomes-nano-in-quest-to-topple-atom-and-puma/May 29th 2008 4:18PM