Chip maker VIA has introduced a new line of Nano processors. The VIA Nano E-Series chips are 64-bit x86 processors with support for hardware virtualization.

The E-Series chips are available with speeds ranging from 800MHz to to 1.8GHz. Theyr’e compatible with VIA’s media processors such as the VX800 and VX855 as well as upcoming VX900 and VN1000 digital media chips with support for HD video playback and 3D graphics.

The key selling point for these processors is their low power consumption. At idle, all the chips except for the 1.8GHz L3050 consume just 100mW of power. The Nano E-Series chips are compatible with motherboards designed for VIA C7, VIA Eden, and VIA Nano processors, so it might not be too long before we start to see netbooks and nettops with these new chips.

While VIA’s Nano processors haven’t proved to be all that popular with Western PC makers to date, we have sees a fair number of VIA powered netbooks show up in China over the past few years.

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3 replies on “VIA introduces Nano E-Series processors”

  1. Hmm, well I like the idle power consumption. Too bad we have no way of measuring the power per watt on these things at load, and I’d need more information on Via’s media processor especially the VX900 and VN1000 before I got too excited.

    That said, I still have an ultra-low power C7 based storage server in my house I built in 2000, and it’s still humming along like a champ. Via does make good products, and I’d love to see more competition in the netbook space. It would be good for everyone if the definition for netbook revolved around size, weight, and price, not the processor involved, so I hope that Via can break up the stagnation in this market somewhat, and get some movement on their processors, not just in China, but here in the States, and over in Europe as well.

  2. HP2133 = C7; 8.9″
    Lenovo IdeaPad S12, Samsung NC20 = Nano; 12″

    Thats all. why should a new VIA-Nano lead to Nano-netbooks? they don’t use the current Nano…
    There is only Intel and Microsoft what most OEM use, there is no free market.

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