Posted January 17, 2013, 4:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware
Following the Raspberry Pi's cult-like reception, many companies scrambled to enter the DIY palm-sized PC market, including VIA, which started shipping its 6.7 x 3.3-inch APC for $49 last summer. That device ran Android 2.3 Gingerbread and offered an 800MHz…
Posted November 1, 2012, 11:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware
VIA has introduced a new member to its family of ultra-compact Artigo machines, which can be used for applications ranging from basic desktop computing to home automation, media streaming, surveillance and digital signage. Said to be the world's smallest quad-core…
Posted June 12, 2012, 5:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware
VIA Technologies announced their Neo-ITX form factor Android PC last month with the promise to ship it sometime in July. In setting a course that aligns nicely with that release date, the company just started taking pre-orders but it appears…
Posted May 22, 2012, 1:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware
VIA Technologies has been in the business of manufacturing inexpensive computers ever since they acquired a majority of microprocessor developer Cyrix in the late 90s. When the latest tiny PC trend kicked off with the likes of Raspberry Pi and…
VIA has unveiled a new ultra-compact PC aimed at use in the in-vehicle control, digital signage, and kiosk markets. Dubbed AMOS-3002, the device is powered by a dual-core, 1GHz Eden X2 processor along the 1080p HD capable VX900H media system…
Posted February 17, 2012, 12:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware
Via Technologies has announced their entrance into the emerging solid state drive market with plans to produce their own branded controllers. The company, known for providing various controllers to motherboard manufacturers as well as their low power x86 offerings, will…
Posted November 23, 2011, 7:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware
VIA has revamped its Artigo mini PC, an ultra-compact machine that offers a basic computing platform, but leaves a few doors open for end-user customization. Billed as a "DIY kit," the Artigo A1150 comes readily equipped with a 1.0GHz dual-core…
Posted September 23, 2011, 9:33 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Industry News, Apple
In the latest round of patent lawsuits, Taiwanese chipmaker VIA announced on Wednesday that it has taken legal action against Apple, filling a complaint with the US International Trade Commission and US District Court of Delaware for patent infringement.
AMD has publicly announced it is withdrawing its support from BAPCo, a non-profit consortium which develops and distributes a benchmarking program called SYSmark, refusing to endorse the latest version of the suite because its results are allegedly unrepresentative of the…
Posted May 12, 2011, 9:00 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware
Via managed to get some buzz going on when the Isaiah architecture and Nano processor were first introduced back in 2008. But even though early benchmarks seemed promising performance-wise, Intel had the upper hand when it came to power consumption…
Posted May 5, 2011, 12:25 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware
VIA Technologies has unveiled its new family of low power dual-core VIA Nano X2 series processors at the Embedded System Conference held recently in San Jose, CA. Available in 1.2GHz and 1.6GHz models, the new Nano X2 E-Series processors combine…
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