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its been a LONG time since via released something new

almost 5 years i think

 

http://www.techpowerup.com/202809/via-readying-new-64-bit-x86-processor-to-take-on-intel-bay-trail-and-amd-kabini.html

 

 

looks good but whats the TDP............

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Only the third active licencee of Intel's x86 machine architecture, VIA Technology, is readying its first x86 processor in years, codenamed Isaiah II. This chip is based on a brand new 64-bit x86 core design by VIA and the engineering team it acquired from Centaur Technology, another erstwhile x86 licencee, and features modern instruction sets such as AVX 2.0. VIA began sampling a quad-core processor based on Isaiah II, which was put to live test by the company, at its InfoComm 2014 booth. It was compared to Intel's "Bay Trail" Atom and AMD's "Kabini" Athlon chips. It turns out that the Isaiah II is pretty good, if it comes out soon enough.

The Isaiah II based quad-core chip, featuring 2.00 GHz clock speeds, and 2 MB of L2 cache, was put through SANDRA. The BGA chip was running on a VIA-made motherboard, with its own VIA VX11H chipset. It was compared to AMD Athlon 5350 (quad-core "Jaguar" with 2.05 GHz clocks), and Intel Atom Z3770 (quad-core "Silvermont" with 2.40 GHz clocks). The results are tabulated below. At 2.00 GHz, armed with the latest multimedia and cryptography instruction-sets, VIA's chip is faster than Intel's in most tests, despite lower clocks. It trades blows - and wins - against AMD's chip, in most tests. VIA is expected to launch the first chips based on Isaiah II in late-August, 2014. VIA is hedging its bets with efficient compact PCs, kiosks, and digital signage, with its new chip.

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A new x86 manufacturer would be very cool indeed.

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Hmmm I would definitely like to see a 3rd company to make CPUs and GPUs to rival Intel and AMD and nVidia. The market needs to be shaken up a bit. However I don't see VIA to beat Intel. Then again I don't know much about VIA since this is the first time I've heard of them.

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A new x86 manufacturer would be very cool indeed.

not new

via is an old company :)

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Wish they would do this more. I tend to forget they exist. 

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Hmmm I would definitely like to see a 3rd company to make CPUs and GPUs to rival Intel and AMD and nVidia. The market needs to be shaken up a bit. However I don't see VIA to beat Intel. Then again I don't know much about VIA since this is the first time I've heard of them.

VIA was started about 25-30 years ago by a bunch of former Intel employees, IIRC...

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It would be nice to have more movement in the chip market, it will be nice when some key CPU and GPU patents expire.

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Woot, Go VIA! Look at you, doing stuff and making things. It's not a whole hell of a lot, but at least you're trying, and that's more than I can say for your competitors. If VIA were to make an unlocked model, I'd definitely buy it for the lulz. C'mon VIA, I'm practically waving my wallet in front of your face, all you need to do is grab it.  :D

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VIA was started about 25-30 years ago by a bunch of former Intel employees, IIRC...

Sooooooooooo should I be excited? cuz I am.

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Woot, Go VIA! Look at you, doing stuff and making things. It's not a whole hell of a lot, but at least you're trying, and that's more than I can say for your competitors. If VIA were to make an unlocked model, I'd definitely buy it for the lulz. C'mon VIA, I'm practically waving my wallet in front of your face, all you need to do is grab it.  :D

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on topic: if this is competitive (properly) with AMD and Intels solutions, and it sells, VIA could possibly put more money into R&D and get up to higher end consumer products, and if we're lucky, put up a fight with Intel, as AMD is lacking a bit.

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Great, VIA hasn't been known to make the best performing x86 CPUs, but for packaged development boards or even integrated devices; Like: NAS, media player, thin clients, and even linux servers. This is great news in that section of the technology industry.

 

The last CPU I remember them making was the VIA Nano, which was in 2008. Anything that helps the low power and Integrated device industry is great news.

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VIA makes chips for things like USB 3.0 hubs now.

 

And the ones I've bought suck, soooo

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Erm.... What socket would it go into? Like Am1 or Fm2+ or something? If you don't get a motherboard, how it anyone supposed to use the dam thing.

Also I was thinking of buying a 5350 for a little minecraft server I could set up, mabye I could buy VIAs chip, probably not though.

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Erm.... What socket would it go into? Like Am1 or Fm2+ or something? If you don't get a motherboard, how it anyone supposed to use the dam thing.

Also I was thinking of buying a 5350 for a little minecraft server I could set up, mabye I could buy VIAs chip, probably not though.

 

It is likely targeting mITX and other small form factor machines so will either be it's own socket but more likely embedded in VIA itx motherboards.

 

Think of this as a new contender in the growing HTPC and NAS market.

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this could mean VIA getting slowly back into highend compute business. if this works, i can totally see them in some 5-7 years competing in mid-high range

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It is likely targeting mITX and other small form factor machines so will either be it's own socket but more likely embedded in VIA itx motherboards.

Think of this as a new contender in the growing HTPC and NAS market.

So its like the Chip they intend to be placed into NAS and HTPC devices. I guess my Server pc will stick to the AMD Kabini.

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They MUST, then why they bought Cyrix time ago :D?

well it all depends on how much market they can eat up. they would need to price pretty agressively and have a powerfull IPC to even start to eat up into the amd intel cake that is desktop procesors

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They'd go to Russia since they aren't 'murican IYKWIM....

i dont KWYM

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oh now i remember. isnt VIA american tho? so russia wont want them. i will take them, make them do a 2xHw IPC and 10 cores on a die, with 20MB of L3

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VIA is taiwanese

oooooh interesting development. we shall see. this could actually be beneficial to russia, not having to change OS and programs

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Could this be the rise of a new Company....?

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Interesting...very interesting

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Could this be the rise of a new Company....?

 

VIA have been making chips for yonks, as long as Intel and AMD, if not longer.

 

VIA invented the M-ITX standard that was designed to use their own chips, however as the world moved more and more into x86, they fell out of the public conscious but still made processors for business and specific applications, like IBMs PowerPC processors. They ran on completely different instruction sets to Intel/AMD cores and needed their own software etc.

 

This is their first x86 effort, AFAIK

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