Via C7 model numbers revealed

WE FIRST SPOTTED a model number being used for the C7, instead of a clock speed, back on the Socket 479 chips for sale story.

Well, HKEPC has revealed some further details of this inevitable addition, so here they are:

Model	Speed	TDP	Avg Power	C4 Power
C7-M 775 ULV	1.50GHz	7.5W	.75W	<.35W
C7-M 772 ULV	1.20GHz	5W	.75W	<.35W
C7-M 770 ULV	1.0GHz	5W	.75W	<.35W
C7-M 779 ULV	1.0GHz	3.5W	.75W	<.25W

Quite why the lowest speed, lowest power part has the highest model number we know not, but there you are - Via has joined the elite club of Intel and AMD with incomprehensible part numbering systems!

A further nugget of information HKEPC have found in the roadmap is the rush forward of a successor to the single-chip VX700/VX700M chipsets, provisionally called the CX3M, with DX9 graphics - why still no Vista support, we wonder - and DDR2-667 support.

This is due to tape out in Q3 06, however we'd take that with a large pinch of salt, as anything listed this early on a roadmap tends to be more of a statement of intention to judge what reaction to a planned product is, rather than anything more concrete. µ

See Also
Socket 479 Via C7s spotted

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