Combines 2GHz CPU and 3D graphics in thumbnail-sized package
Simon Burns at Computex in Taipei, vnunet.com09 Jun 2006
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Chipmaker
VIA
Technologies has announced a single chip which can replace the majority of
the key components on a PC mainboard.
The chip will go into mass production later this year, and is expected to
appear in products next year, sources said today.
VIA chief executive Chen Wenchi showed a palm-sized computer mainboard built
around the chip, codenamed 'John', during a presentation at the
Computex trade show
in Taipei.
Taiwan-based VIA is targeting the new chip, and similar existing products, at
mobile devices, thin client PCs, and other devices in which space, weight or
power consumption are at a premium.
The 'system on a chip' is made by packaging two separate chips so they occupy
the space of one, company sources told
vnunet.com.
The component chips are VIA's 2GHz C7-M low voltage CPU and VX700 chipset.
The VX700 is an earlier creation which combines two large chips into one, and
includes entry-level 3D graphics support.
Some earlier products which combined CPU, graphics and other support
functions in a single chip have rapidly fallen behind as users have demanded
more powerful computing devices.
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