VIA came up with its own quad-core processor

The manufacturer is expanding the supply of x86 CPUs with another product.

VIA Technologies has recently come up with a quad-core processor that may remind many people of the former Intel Core Q6600, as here too two dual-core chips are encapsulated, meaning it is practically a 2 × 2 core, rather than a native quad-core architecture. The new x86 is named the Nano QuadCore L4700, is made on 40nm production lines and is clocked at 1,2GHz. The cores use an architecture called Isaiah, with a total of 4 MB of second-level cache available and a maximum power consumption of 27,5 watts. VIA has also introduced a feature called Adaptive Overclocking, which is virtually like Turbo solutions from competing manufacturers, meaning it can automatically raise the CPU clock if it still fits within the TDP limit. In addition to the SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1 instruction sets, AES and SHA encryption procedures are also supported.

The foot layout is perfectly compatible with the VIA Eden, VIA C7, VIA Nano E series and VIA Eden X2 series. At this year’s Computex, the manufacturer will be exhibiting working copies, but mass production will not begin until the third quarter.