VIA Nano
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| Production: | since 2008 |
| Producer: | Fujitsu |
| Processor clock: | 1 GHz to 1.8 GHz |
| FSB cycle: | 800 MHz |
| L2 cache size: | 1 MiB |
| Instruction set : | x86 / x86-64 ( AMD64 ) |
| Microarchitecture : | VIA Isaiah microarchitecture |
| Base: | Socket 479 |
The VIA Nano is a microprocessor from VIA Technologies . The architecture on which it is based was announced in 2004 and unveiled on January 28, 2008. The Via Nano processor was presented to the public on May 29, 2008 and has been available to OEMs ever since ; Before its release, the processor was known by the code names Isaiah and CN . The first systems were expected in the third quarter of 2008. The first prototypes of the Trinity platform on which the Nano is to be installed were shown at Computex in 2008.
technology
The Isaiah architecture of the Nano has been completely redeveloped by VIA's subsidiary Centaur Technology . The goal was to significantly exceed the computing power of the C7 while keeping the power consumption as low as possible. In order to make it easier for hardware manufacturers to switch from VIA C7 to VIA Nano, the new processor is pin- compatible with the old 479-pin infrastructure .
Due to a lack of licenses, VIA continues to use its own VIA V4 bus protocol, and not Intel's AGTL +. VIA's Nano is therefore not compatible with Intel's Socket 479 hardware (chipsets, mainboards, laptops, etc.). VIA Nano CPUs are always directly soldered on, so there is no socket and they cannot be replaced.
Model data
Isaiah
- Revision:
- L1 cache: 64 + 64 KB (data + instructions)
- L2 cache: 1024 KB with processor clock
- MMX , SSE , SSE2 , SSE3 , SSSE3 , AMD64 , NX-Bit , Intel VT (from stepping 3, previously deactivated)
- VIA PadLock: Hardware support for AES encryption and the hashing algorithms SHA-1 and SHA-256
- VIA-V4 bus protocol with 133, 200 MHz FSB (533, 800 MHz quad-pumped FSB )
- Design: NanoBGA2, uses Intel's 479-pin infrastructure , all models are unsocketed and are directly soldered on
- Operating voltage ( VCore ):
- Power dissipation ( TDP ): 5–25 W
- Release DATE: May 29, 2008
- Manufacturing technology: 65 nm
- The size: 63.3 mm² with 95 million transistors
- Clock rates: 1.0–2.0 GHz
- Model numbers VIA Nano 2000 series:
- L2100: 1.8 GHz with 25 W TDP, 200 MHz FSB
- L2200: 1.6 GHz with 10 W TDP, 200 MHz FSB
- U2250: 1.3+ GHz with 10 W TDP, 200 MHz FSB
- U2225: 1.3 GHz with 10 W TDP, 200 MHz FSB
- U2500: 1.2 GHz with 5 W TDP, 200 MHz FSB
- U1700: 1.0+ GHz with 10 W TDP, 200 MHz FSB
- U2300: 1.0 GHz with 5 W TDP, 133 MHz FSB
- Model numbers VIA Nano 3000 series:
- L3100: 2.0 GHz with 25 W TDP, 200 MHz FSB
- L3050: 1.8 GHz with 25 W TDP, 200 MHz FSB
- U3200: 1.4 GHz with 5 W TDP, 200 MHz FSB
- U3100: 1.3+ GHz with 5 W TDP, 200 MHz FSB
- U3300: 1.2 GHz with 5 W TDP, 200 MHz FSB
- U3500: 1.0 GHz with 5 W TDP, 200 MHz FSB
Benchmarks
The VIA Nano sometimes does significantly more than Intel Atoms of the first generation (e.g. the Intel Atom Z 520). However, current Atom processors (e.g. Intel Atom C3538) have three times the single-core performance and about twelve times the multi-core performance of this original atom.
| Manufacturer | CPU | year | Clock rate (MHz) | Single core | Multi core |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intel | Celeron M | 2004 | 900 | 264 | 204 |
| Intel | Atom Z520 | 2008 | 1333 | 196 | 217 |
| VIA | Nano L2207 | 2008 | 1600 | 330 | 296 |
| Intel | Core2 Duo E8600 | 2008 | 3333 | 637 | 2398 |
| Intel | Core i7-860 | 2009 | 2933 | 1236 | 5025 |
| Intel | Atom Z3745 | 2014 | 1333 | 388 | 1018 |
| VIA | Quadcore C4650 | 2015 | 2000 | 527 | 1897 |
| Intel | Atom T5700 | 2016 | 1700 | 845 | 2039 |
| Intel | Atom C3558 | 2017 | 2200 | 876 | 2538 |
| Intel | i9-9900K | 2017 | 3600 | 2904 | 20421 |
| AMD | Ryzen 9 3900 | 2019 | 4300 | 3020 | 30679 |
The VIA Nano sometimes does significantly more than the Intel Atom . A nano-processor with the same clock speed can set itself apart from the Atom processor, but also from an Intel Celeron M , especially in arithmetic-logical calculations . When it comes to floating point calculations , however, the Celeron M is significantly faster, while the Isaiah is just ahead of the Intel Atom. Compared to the VIA C7 , the performance of the Nano has improved by a factor of 2.5 in both the ALU and the FPU . Thus the development goal of a higher performance compared to the C7 has been achieved.
future
For the end of 2009 VIA aimed to change the structure width from 65 nm to 45 nm. With the new manufacturing process, a dual-core variant of the Nano is also to appear. Furthermore, higher FSB frequencies will be possible in the future, as the switch to a different base is planned.
Market position
Due to delivery problems with Intel's Atom processor, some manufacturers switched to the C7 as well as the Nano processor and built them into their products. Another advantage for VIA is that the Nano sometimes works faster than Intel's Atom with comparable power consumption.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ VIA reveals new x86 architecture "Isaiah" . Computerbase, January 25, 2008
- ↑ Isaiah processors are called VIA Nano . Hardware information, May 29, 2008
- ^ "VIA Nano" prototype platform "Trinity" . Computerbase, June 4, 2008
- ↑ VIA Denies Intel Pentium M Bus Licensing . ( Memento of the original from May 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Xbit, May 18, 2005
- ↑ a b VIA Nano Processor . VIA Technologies, November 27, 2009 (English)
- ^ Tests on benchmarking.org
- ↑ https://www.cpubenchmark.net/c
- ^ Tests on benchmarking.org
- ↑ VIA Isaiah and Nvidia - The Intel Atom Killer . Eee PC News, April 12, 2008
- ↑ VIA develops dual-core processor in 45 nm . Hardware information, May 15, 2008
- ↑ Computerbase: VIA sells processors to HP and Gigabyte . April 23, 2008
