Intel Atom Shortage, VIA Sales, Nano Shipments

Couple of quick articles on Intel and VIA CPUs for the netbook market. First off, DigiTimes mentions the impact the Intel Atom shortage is having on the netbook industry. They mention that because of the shortage, that LCD panel makers who handle the manufacturer of … Read more

Tips to Improve Your Mini (Sub) Notebook

LAPTOP Magazine has put together a guide for solutions on common problems that many people run into when it comes to the top three Sub / Mini / Netbooks in North America, the 7-inch Asus Eee PC, the 8.9-inch HP Mini-Note, and the 7-inch Everex … Read more

NVIDIA and VIA’s Isaiah CPU Launch

Following up on a story from a couple of weeks ago, VIA Technologies is set to launch their Isaiah CPU next week, a few days prior to Computex. According to CNET, NVidia will be taking part in the launch, and will be providing the graphics … Read more

Mini-Notebooks and Heat

Mini-notebooks / Sub-notebooks / netbooks – whatever you want to call them, they are hot right now. Turns out it’s not just sales and consumer interest that make them hot – they are also literally hot. Using a Dell Latitude D630 as a baseline comparison, … Read more

VIA: 45nm, Dual-Core CPUs, Isaiah news

VIA Technologies is working on moving towards a 45nm process for its CPU manufacturing, and expects to have dual-core versions of this CPU towards the end of 2009. VIA also announced more details concerning it’s upcoming Isaiah-based CPU. It will be 2GHz, with a frontside … Read more