I’ve toyed around with a VIA Nano CPU (released in 2009) before, which easily outperformed the Intel Atom (1st generation) at the time (though using more power). In fact they recently introduced an Eden X4 CPU only a few months ago, so they’re definitely still alive and kicking.įrom a technical standpoint, VIA’s recent CPUs seem fine. Being able to stay in the game for so long, competing with companies many times its size, is certainly no small feat. They’ve tended to focus on their own little niche (at least in the past 10 years or so), small form factor, low power designs, but now with both Intel and AMD spending big R&D bucks on the same thing, one does wonder whether how relevant VIA can stay in the area.Ī number of x86 manufacturers have existed in the past, most now non-existent but VIA is an interesting exception. They’ve actually been around for a while and have produced a number of x86 chips over the years. VIA is perhaps the third (?) largest x86 CPU manufacturer, after the more well known Intel and AMD. Then again, VIA CPUs aren’t particularly well known, even by those who assemble PCs, so maybe they target a slightly more technical crowd? VIA x86 CPUs US$15 is a bit more than I’d comfortably pay for a movie, especially one I can’t find feedback for, but it’s ultimately quite a reasonable amount.ĬPU design is very much a technical topic, so I expected the documentary to avoid most of the low level details, to be palatable for a non-technical audience. As I don’t particularly like streaming video, I went with the latter option. The movie is available on Vimeo for US$3 (rent for a week) or US$15 (“own”). Having some interest in CPU micro-architectures, and being in the mood for playing the sacrificial ‘beta tester’, I decided that I’d give it a try. Although it’s been out for a few months, I can’t find much mention of it across the internet, and it doesn’t even have an entry in IMDB. I recently happened to come across a documentary/movie on CPU manufacturer VIA (or rather, Centaur Technology), Rise of the Centaur.
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