VIA has always had a stronger position in the Asian market than elsewhere around the globe. They may be starting to make greater inroads in the netbook world, as we saw the other day with the arrival of Phecda’s aggressively priced PHV102. NetbookNews.de [translate link] reports the sighting of another new VIA-powered machine, a 10.2″ model from Embryo. I’ve got…

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VIA enjoyed some success early on, shipping in a handful of HP Mini models. However, the Intel competitor was roundly beaten into submission by the x86 king’s Atom CPUs. With the arrival of Phecda’s PHV102, it looks as though VIA might be down but not out. According to Shanzai.com, the PHV102 will feature VIA’s 1.6GHz C7-M processor, 1GB of DDR2…

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