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  • Via reveals four sub-$150 Android tablets you won’t buy

    Via reveals four sub-$150 Android tablets you won’t buy

    Posted on May 28, 2010 | No Comments
    Via's cheap Android tablets have been supposedly been found. Via Gallery has a 16-pic spread showing different angles for each. Call us underwhelmed. Also, call us right for predicting this garbage. Anyway, click through for a shot of each product.

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  • Via Labs is showing off its 4-port USB 3.0 host controller at Computex

    Via Labs is showing off its 4-port USB 3.0 host controller at Computex

    Posted on May 26, 2010 | No Comments
    Via first showed off its USB 3.0 host controller at CES 2010 and it just broke cover at Computex. The VL800 series chip can handle four USB 3.0 devices simultaneously while providing data rates up to 5Gbps. Via aims to put this single chip solution into desktops, notebooks, servers, and everything else on God's green earth.

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  • Via to flood the US market with five sub-$150 Android tablets by year’s end

    Via to flood the US market with five sub-$150 Android tablets by year’s end

    Posted on May 25, 2010 | No Comments
    2010 was called the year of the tablet and Via might make that come true. The chip maker plans on releasing five tablets by the end of the year. The kicker is that these five models will cost between $100 and $150 -- or so says a Bloomberg report. These tablets are said to run Android and will be available in the states in the second half of the 2010. Via's upcoming tablets are of course in response to the iPad and is a classic CE move. Instead of producing a quality product, a company, in this case Via, is outing a whole range of low-cost (and likely cheap) alternatives.

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  • The VIA ARTiGO A1100 is so small you might lose it

    The VIA ARTiGO A1100 is so small you might lose it

    Posted on April 20, 2010 | No Comments
    Look at the palm of your hand. Imagine if you will a future that includes computers that size. Brother! Good news! The future is here with the Via ARTiGO A1100!

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  • VIA launches their wee server, the M’SERV

    VIA launches their wee server, the M’SERV

    Posted on January 13, 2010 | No Comments
    VIA just launched their latest little computer, the M'SERV S2100. Designed for the small business and home user, the M'SERV uses a VIA 64-bit processor with support for DDR2 and SATA.

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  • The first USB 3.0 hub controller is here

    The first USB 3.0 hub controller is here

    Posted on January 5, 2010 | No Comments
    USB 3.0 is just around the corner, with us having reported about more and more compatible devices in the last few months. And now Taiwan-based PC accessory maker VIA has readied the so-called VIA VL810 SuperSpeed Hub Controller, the world's first USB 3.0 hub controller. It supports data transfer speeds of up to 5Gb/s and features one upstream and four downstream ports.

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  • VIA intros tiny Mobile-ITX platform

    VIA intros tiny Mobile-ITX platform

    Posted on December 1, 2009 | No Comments
    You know that thing about robots eventually taking over the world? Or computers? Or robots with computers in them and at first you're like, “Hey cool, I’m friends with a robot and we play Scrabble together because he has a computer in him,” but after a while the robot gets all moody and you start to notice stuff missing from your room and all of a sudden the robot is, like, locking you out of your house and punching you in the upper arm for no reason? Maybe that robot would have one of these VIA Mobile-ITX boards in it. It’s small, is what I’m saying.

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  • VIA’s 3000-series Nano CPUs promise longer battery, increased performance

    VIA’s 3000-series Nano CPUs promise longer battery, increased performance

    Posted on November 3, 2009 | No Comments
    VIA has introduced its updated line of Nano processors, built for netbooks and all-in-one computers. The 3000 series promises a 20% performance boost over existing Nano CPUs while managing to reduce overall power consumption by 20% as well.

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  • VIA Mini-ITX board features dual HDMI, on-board 1080p graphics chip

    VIA Mini-ITX board features dual HDMI, on-board 1080p graphics chip

    Posted on September 22, 2009 | No Comments
    VIA’s got a new Mini-ITX setup that ought to appeal to HTPC builders, as it features a dedicated GPU capable of handling 1080p video, four distinct video outputs (two HDMI, DVI, and VGA), RCA audio output, and a quiet, cool 1.6GHz VIA Nano processor.

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  • VIA searches for portable computing Goldilocks zone with ‘NetNote’ platform

    VIA searches for portable computing Goldilocks zone with ‘NetNote’ platform

    Posted on September 16, 2009 | No Comments
    Netbooks are too underpowered, notebooks are too bulky and expensive – “SILENCE!” shouts VIA. All hail the new “NetNote” category, if you please. We’re basically talking netbooks with 10- to 12-inch screens that can handle 1080p HD video without breaking stride.

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  • Review: Lenovo IdeaPad S12 netbook with VIA Nano CPU

    Review: Lenovo IdeaPad S12 netbook with VIA Nano CPU

    Posted on August 6, 2009 | 1 Comment
    Quick Version: The Lenovo IdeaPad S12 represents one of the first netbooks to feature VIA’s Nano platform as a configuration option. You’ll gain some extra horsepower over Intel’s Atom setup while saving about $70 off the total system price, making the Nano a good option for those of you who want to watch 720p video. [...]

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