VIA unveils C7-M mobile processor

VIA Technologies, a developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform
solutions, launched the C7-M mobile processor at its Technology Forum 2005.
Specifically designed for mainstream and thin and light notebooks and ultra
portable devices, the VIA C7-M boasts superb power consumption and management
for longer battery life, productivity applications with speeds of up to 2.0GHz,
and security features integrated directly onto the processor die.

"The VIA C7-M processor can do more to drive notebooks mainstream than
any other single innovation on the mobile platform," said Richard Brown,
Associate VP of Marketing, VIA Technologies, Inc. "Moreover, as security
rapidly becomes the number one concern in the mobile space, the extensive
hardware security within the processor brings pervasive information security in
the mobile space within easy and practical reach for the first time."

The
enhanced VIA PowerSaver technology combines power management through defining
intelligent power stage changes with low-power levels in sleep mode, while the
advanced 90nm system-on-insulator (SOI) process allows integration within the
tiny 30mm 2 processor die.

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