Via 1w motherboards

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http://www.linuxdevices.com/News/NS2399097703.html

Taiwanese chip and board vendor Via Technologies has introduced a new ultra-low voltage (ULV) processor aimed at industrial, commercial, and ultra-mobile applications. Touted as the "world's most power-efficient" x86-compatible CPU, the 500MHz Via Eden ULV processor debuted at an Embedded Systems Conference in Taipei this week.

"Eden" is Via's branding for its line of embedded processors, which target passively cooled applications in industrial equipment. Eden chips use the same "Esther" core found in Via's "C7" branded desktop and "C7-M" mobile processors. However, Eden parts are tested for higher-temperature operation, to better support passively-cooled applications. And, like Via's C7-M parts for mobile applications, they use a smaller 21mm-square package than the desktop parts.

Via launched its ULV line in March of 2006, offering ULV versions of both Eden and C7-M parts. Prior to today's launch of the 500MHz part, the Eden ULV line included parts clocked at 1GHz and at 1.5GHz, as shown in the chart below.

This would be nice for later use.

// Erik (binkey.nl)