http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/ Engadget Comments for VIA reveals 1.6GHz Nano DC processor at Computex, shows it handling 720p (video) http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/Jun 2nd 2010 9:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/Jun 2nd 2010 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/Jun 3rd 2010 12:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/Jun 2nd 2010 9:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/Battery Life. ]]>Jun 2nd 2010 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/
I think your just looking at the HD glass as being only half full]]>Jun 2nd 2010 9:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/Jun 2nd 2010 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/My question is why? Is it supposed to be really cheap? What's the purpose of someone else getting into the ring with two other companies that develop some of the worlds best processing technology?]]>Jun 2nd 2010 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/
VIA isn't a new player in mobile CPU...]]>Jun 2nd 2010 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/well okay, I didn't exactly mean new, but still poses the question why are they there in the first place?]]>Jun 2nd 2010 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/Jun 2nd 2010 9:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/Well, they were there with the "netbook" type of class CPU...
Even way before Atoms came into place. Except they weren't really big enough to change the game, I guess.
]]>Jun 2nd 2010 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/
I had a VIA Eden mini-itx board with a 1Ghz single core for years as my main desktop, they're not bad little processors.]]>Jun 2nd 2010 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/I've got a C7-M netbook and their processors are quite good, especially in some benches. Feels much snappier than my friends Atom netbook but his GMA is better for games/video than the VX800 :(]]>Jun 2nd 2010 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/You're living in the past, man. Quit living in the paaaaassssttttttt.]]>Jun 2nd 2010 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/
Agreed. With Intel already producing 32nm chips and AMD getting ready to make similar transitions (or are they skipping to 32nm), VIA is waaaaaay behind. Heck even the internals for the PS3 have been scaled down to 45nm.]]>Jun 2nd 2010 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/
No, no, no!

It's "65nm? TOO OLD!"

silly bear. ]]>Jun 2nd 2010 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/
Oh man, upranking you is a moral conundrum...]]>Jun 2nd 2010 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/Jun 2nd 2010 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/Jun 2nd 2010 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/Seriously, a dual-core VIA offering with some ION magic going would be epic in an HTPC. Ah well, we can dream...]]>Jun 2nd 2010 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/Jun 2nd 2010 9:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/how is that funny at all? you bought a graphics card for a not very old computer and it now plays hd video? amazing!]]>Jun 2nd 2010 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/Jun 2nd 2010 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/Jun 2nd 2010 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/Jun 2nd 2010 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/Their sh#ty motherboards burned me too many time in the past, never again!]]>Jun 2nd 2010 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/have you tried better heatsinks?
*rimshot*]]>Jun 2nd 2010 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/Jun 3rd 2010 4:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/Jun 2nd 2010 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/
No, VIA should market their CPU's better. I'd love to see some more competition in the low power CPU business.

I have a laptop and a small microATX board with VIA CPU's, they were quite cheap, do their job nice and cool, I'm glad they made them.]]>Jun 2nd 2010 11:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/Jun 2nd 2010 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/Via will use this chip as a temporary solution until the real DC chip is ready. It's meant to be a cheap solution for desktops in Asia. For now each CPU comprises two dies, each containing a single core Nano 3000, residing next to each other on a multi-chip module package. Obviously this is not ideal. (BTW Via has bigger sales in desktop computers)
Via will move to a sub-65nm single die solution in half a year. Via was planning to do this sooner but they weren't really decided on what fab they were going to use. On top of that, both Fujitsu and TSMC experienced problems with their 45nm LP process.

This board is using a VN1000 UMA chipset. This chipset does support 1080p. Even with a single core C7 it doesn't go over 10% CPU load.
On top of that, the Chrome 520 GPU inside of it, is one of the fastest UMA GPU's on the market. Easily challenging an ION on 3D performance.]]>Jun 2nd 2010 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/Hear Hear! Not to mention that the previous generation VIA 1.8ghz l2200 was about 10% faster than my 3.06ghz P4 with HT in many synthetic benchmarks and with the 3xxx series Nanos being anywhere from 20-30% faster than the 2xxx series across the board, you're looking at a tiny little CPU that definitely can and WILL do amazing multimedia playback. Something my P4+7600GT CANT do to this day.]]>Jun 2nd 2010 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/Jun 3rd 2010 12:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/Jun 2nd 2010 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/Jun 2nd 2010 2:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/Jun 2nd 2010 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/The Chrome GPU also has potential before, at least they had experience beyond Intel's graphics group. But how would Chrome 520 perform today ?. Can it match ION2 ?. It should are even surpass it. Should have been a mobile part. Cheap desktops in Asia is being dominated by AMD systems, so VIA has no chance in that market if that were its focus. The mobile space would have been a nice niche goldmine. But it is almost CLOSED now. Pity and darn shame.]]>Jun 2nd 2010 11:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/via-reveals-1-6ghz-nano-dc-processor-at-computex-shows-it-handl/Jun 3rd 2010 12:12AM