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VIA Unveils Details of Next-Generation Isaiah Processor Core
Advanced 64-bit architecture to raise the performance bar for
high definition Computing and Personal Electronics devices
Fall Processor Forum, San Jose, CA, 5 October 2004 - VIA Technologies,
Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies
and PC platform solutions, today revealed details of its next-generation
Isaiah processor core.
Combining a high-performance 64-bit architecture with a low power
design and the industry’s most advanced built-in security features,
the Isaiah processor core, with the engineering code name ‘CN’, is
optimized for the rapidly emerging market for high definition computing
and personal electronics devices that require the capability to run
multiple tasks concurrently, such as decrypting a digital media stream
while simultaneously displaying its contents in an ultra-high resolution
format on an HDTV.
In addition to 64-bit data processing capabilities, the Isaiah
core will integrate a host of additional digital media performance
features, including a high-speed Front Side Bus, an industry leading
Floating Point Unit that can achieve floating-point additions and
multiplies using only two clock cycles, an increased cache size,
high-speed data movement, and out-of order, superscalar execution
that allows the processor to achieve high clock rates while executing
multiple, simultaneous instructions for high definition digital entertainment
applications.
VIA was the first company in the world to integrate hardware security
features directly into its processors, and will add several new innovations
to the existing VIA PadLock Hardware Security Suite in the Isaiah
core that will extend its leadership in this critical area. As network
speeds increase and encryption algorithms become more demanding,
VIA processors will continue to allow system designers to offer cutting
edge security capabilities without overtaxing system resources or
significantly increasing the overall system cost.
“With the Isaiah core architecture we have focused on radically
improving the media performance of our processors without losing
sight of the low power consumption and efficient use of transistors
that have always been our design goals,” said Glenn Henry, President,
Centaur Technology, the processor design subsidiary of VIA Technologies,
Inc. “The processor market is clearly experiencing significant changes
in design philosophy, and we are ahead of the curve when it comes
to additional features such as security.”
The Isaiah core is expected to be available in the first half of
2006. Additional information about the core will be disclosed at
a later date.
VIA at Fall Processor Forum 2004
VIA will stage various live demonstrations of compact digital media
systems from a selection of international partners at the Fall Processor
Forum, in the Empire Room of the Fairmont Hotel on Tuesday and Wednesday,
5th and 6th October. These include the new MediaREADY™ 4000 from
Video Without Boundaries that uses the Linux-based Media Convergence
Software Suite (MCSS) from C.A.C. Media, and the Tranquil PC Media
Center that runs the Windows® Media Center Edition software from
Microsoft®. Another innovative media center on show is the Mediabox
from Autocom, an all-in-one in car media player, Internet service
and navigation system based on the versatile VIA EPIA M10000 Mini-ITX
mainboard.
Also on display will be the soon-to-be-released VIA EPIA SP Mini-ITX
and VIA EPIA N Nano-ITX mainboards, together with a selection of
dual-processor Mini-ITX and quad-processor demonstration systems
based on VIA processor platforms. |
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