Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 24th Nov 2006 23:02 UTC
Intel CPU maker Intel is pressuring smaller rival Via Technologies to exit the CPU market, industry sources in Taiwan claim. In exchange, Intel will allow Via to continue making PC chipsets which use Intel's patented technology, say the sources at PC mainboard manufacturers, who do not wish to be named.
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flywheel
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2005-12-28

AFAIK They don't really dominate that subsegment - I'm not sure if they even got any real interest in it.

The only real competition VIA got is the AMD Geode and naturally the widelyspread idea that you'll need at least 4 cores to start up firefox.

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