VIA Nano 3000 CPU series finally launches to rival Intel's Atom
Engadget —
... We suppose dreams really do come true. Nearly a full year after we heard that VIA was toiling on a new processor line to really give Intel's aging Atom a run for its money, the company has come clean and confessed that those whispers were indeed true. ...
VIA's Nano 3000 Provides an Atom Rival
I4U News —
... Posted on Tue, 3 Nov 2009 09:33:06 CST | by Robert Evans For the last year and change, Intel's Atom processors have basically been the first and last word in ultraportable CPUs. Today, VIA changes that with the launch of their new Nano 3000 series of processors (via ...
VIA intros Nano 3000 Series processors
TechSpot —
VIA has announced its new Nano 3000 Series processors , which are said to offer enhanced digital media performance and less power consumption for ultrathin notebooks and all-in-one desktops. The new line brings strong competition to Intel's Atom CPU, and consists of six 64-bit Isaiah-based chips. VIA's Nano 3000 processors are clocked between 1GHz and 2GHz with an 800MHz FSB, and feature SSE4 instructions, hardware virtualization, and Windows 7 and Linux compatibility. Along with being 20% more power efficient than current-gen Nano processors, they are also said to be capable ...
VIA Unveils Atom-Smashing Nano 3000 Series Processors
Maximum PC all RSS Feed —
... Watch out Atom, there's a new line of VIA Nano processors on the block, and they're after your lunch money. They just may have the muscle to take it, too. ...
VIA Nano 3000 Series Processors
Ubergizmo —
... architecture, differing in speeds ranging from 1GHz to 2GHz. Regardless of their clock speed, all of them can handle 1080p HD video playback with aplomb, and can outperform its predecessors by over 20% in PCMark 05 and 3Dmark 2006 benchmarks. These new processors will play nice with older VIA sockets, so if you're rocking to motherboards that can handle VIA C7, C7-M, Eden and earlier Nano processors, you won't have any problem with all half dozen models in the VIA Nano 3000 series. [Press Release] ...
VIA Nano 3000 Arrives to Challenge Intel’s Atom [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network —
... VIA hasn’t been able to make much of a dent on the Intel Atom stranglehold for netbooks, but that doesn’t mean the company is conceding the market. Today, VIA introduced an updated Nano processor dubbed the Nano 3000. The company says that it has increased performance over the last-generation Nano by 20%, while also increasing power efficiency by 20%. The chips range in clock-cycle from 1.0 GHz to 2.0 GHz and all offer an 800 MHz front side bus, support for high-bitrate 1080p playback, 64-bit compatibility, advanced CPU virtualization, ...
Intel Atom Competitor From VIA
TechFresh, Consumer Electronics Guide —
... the Nano 3000 series processors, which are actually a competitor to the Intel Atom CPUs. Based on the 64-bit superscalar ‘Isaiah’ architecture, the VIA Nano CPUs support several advanced features including 64-bit support, advanced CPU virtualization technology, SSE4 for enhanced multimedia processing, and the industry-leading encryption and security capabilities integrated in the VIA PadLock Security Engine. VIA’s new Nano 3000 series will be released in Q1 2010. [VIA] ...


