Japanese site shows VIA QuadCore vs AMD E-350

As VR-Zone quite rightly reports, the benchmarks that Impress PC Watch have published are from a Powerpoint presentation put together by VIA, so they are of course going to be in VIA's favor. Never the less, some of them are rather impressive, although you do also have to remember that the VIA processor has an extra two cores over the AMD E-350.

"We wouldn't take any of this numbers as definite results, but they do at least show that VIA's new QuadCore has some potential."

"netbooks just got a boost of excitement" says HotHardware

HotHardware has joined the crowd of IT news sites who are writing up their opinions on VIA's new QuadCore processor which was announced last week. The 1.2GHz VIA QuadCore is 21% more energy efficient than any competing processor, and HotHardware's Ray Willington is quick to realize the potential boon this could be for netbooks.

"It's hitting the market this month, feature a highly optimized, energy-efficient multi-core architecture that's said to provide multi-threaded performance across the board for multi-tasking, multimedia playback, productivity and internet browsing in a low power envelope. With a TDP (Thermal Design Power) of only 27.5 watts, the 1.2+ GHz VIA QuadCore processor is 21% more energy efficient than the nearest competitor and ideal for a wide range of desktop PC, notebook, small form factor PC, all-in-one PC, and mini-server system design applications."

Nano gets bigger says Anandtech

One of the biggest tech sites out there has reviewed the new VIA Nano Quad Core processor. The story in the write-up, by non other than Anand himself, is that VIA's creed that power consumption really matters is already accepted by consumers when it comes to smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices. He is optimistic that VIA's processors have what it takes, but less certain about whether VIA can make the right business connections to get into the game on a mass scale. The article goes over the highlights of the new processors and then takes a tour of Centaur's facilities, where VIA processors are designed, including two videos.