Oh yeh ?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3273/2422399967_e501f6cd17.jpg?v=0

Even though its probably not what Isaiah was meant for, it can run crysis after all. just google Isaiah+Crysis. So roger uh the Geode is seriously out.....

the main problem with VIA is their availability and punctuality. They can never seem to get these 2 right.

I got a Jetway board about a week ago to run Windows Home Server. Included in the bundle was a socket A AMD Geode. This 1.4ghz chip really blows VIA chips out of the water in terms of performance, and it is very low power. I can't understand all the loyalty to the EPIA when this chip is faster, cheaper, and uses less power.

No idea how it stacks up against the Atom.

This might not be very relevant. I think we should wait until the benchmarks get out, and see just how well these two chips perform, and how high their power consumption is.

There's a good chance that VIA's Isaiah will be significantly more powerful than Intel's Atom, so I wouldn't draw any conclusions from this. 

Besides, we don't know how much will Isaiah cost, yet.

Of course I might be wrong, but anyway I still think we should wait and see on this one.

Intel is showing off just the CPU power use because Atom uses the existing chipset which sucks more power than the AMD and VIA solutions.

It remains to be seen how total system power use compares.

"I don't know how AMD's Geode stacks up against brandX"

No worries, just have this equation jotted down on the back of yer hand and you'll be in harmony with the INQ every time:

AMD = bad.
Nvidia = bad.
Intel = good.
INQ = good.
INQ=Intel

The Via Isaiah core has a much higher performance (3 issue out of order core) vs a Silverthorne/Atom which is a 2 issue in order core. Also The Via core is in 65nm vs Atom at 45nm. At 45nm Via will cream the Silverthorne core in both power and performance.

What's the point in comparing a chip meant for MIDs with clock for clock performance on par with a Willamette to a chip meant for small laptops and thin clients with clock for clock performance closer to Hammer? A 2.0 Ghz Isaiah will wipe the floor with any atom on any roadmap outside of multitasking. But then again, a dual core Isaiah will destroy any dual core atom. But the real issue, is that at those speeds, the Isaiah is too power hungry for the Eee, while Atom might still be shoehorned into the 2G iPhone.
Isaiah should really put some pressure on AMD in the low end laptop arena if it can hit the promised power consumption and price levels.