Product category: Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: VIA Technologies | Subject: C7-D processor
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 15 September 2006
Desktop CPU does its bit for the planet
The VIA C7-D processor has only minimal active cooling requirements to facilitate ultra-low-profile commercial desktop designs.
VIA Technologies has announced the VIA C7-D processor for a new breed of PC desktop solutions The VIA C7-D processor with a maximum power consumption of just 20W at 1.8GHz not only claims a new benchmark for performance-per-watt operation, but enables further power savings through the use of smaller power supplies and cooling fans, with a side benefit of a quieter computing experience
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 16 Apr 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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