News VIA Launches its C7 Processor

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2005/05/27/via_c7_processor/

 

Cool (bad pun ), but will it go the way of VIAs nano-itx processor and never really reach us much?

 

I love these little things...the epia was a GREAT idea IMHO, perfect for smaller HTPCs and the like where full functionality was neither needed nor wanted. And this...this is just slick. Now we're up to 2ghz and 800fsb?

I think via is the only company who really relishes and profits from being late to the party...2ghz fanless processor. Wow. Do we have a release date?

 

Look to be a nice chip for HTPC. I also think if it makes it to full production(Unlike Nano-itx) it will be priced under that od a Pentium M. A low cost and low power CPU for a home server or a HTPC. Via's corefusion chip board look to be a interesting modding board. Smaller than an Nano board.

 

Well Bindi, the nano-ITX boards simply aren't available yet. They're kind of a still in development stage from my understanding, but it sounds like they should be available widespread late this year. Not a whole lot different than the whole X800XT-PE thing, except it's not as publicised.

I think this could really help out the EPIA line. Not that they're poor, but their "typical uses" could increase a lot, seeing as the chips only go up to 1.5GHZ right now and don't support as much. I mean I have one and really like it, but it can only do just so much.

 

But they first showed up over a year ago?!

 

VIA:
Nano-Itx will be out when its ready
Valve:
Team Fortress 2 will be out when its ready.

 

Better to wait and have it work than have it rushed and be as stable as Windows ME.