It seems that Via Technologies, one of the leaders in chipset and x86 microprocessors production, has already shipped numerous central processing units that are fully compatible with socket 479m infrastructure developed by Intel Corp, informs X-bit Labs.


No one understands why Via didn't make a previous announcement regarding its partnership with Intel, and why didn't the company organize at least a press conference dedicated to the launch of the company's latest Via C7-M 754 chips 'well-suited' with socket 479M. The first article on the story appeared recently on Akiba PC Hotline web-site.

The editor gives details regarding Via's new chip which seem to operate at 1.50GHz, sport 128KB level one cache (64KB data and 64KB instructions), as well as 128KB level two cache.

X-bit Labs further comments on the advantages Via might have because of this unexpected 'silent partnership'. Consequently, the manufacturer might enter a highly profitable market segment dedicated to notebooks, as Via chips are known to consume less energy than the ones developed by competitors.

It seems that Via previously announced that it has the license needed to produce chipsets designed especially for Intel's processors, including the 479m infrastructure, but the manufacturer preferred, up to this moment, not to comment on this subject. Moreover, Akiba PC Hotline website writes that the manufacturer is 'allowed' to manufacture only chipsets dedicated to a part of Intel's mobile sockets, in particular for Celeron M or Pentium M processors, and not to support for Intel Core or Core 2 chips.

As we are talking about Intel, the leader of the processor market segment, Via will be constraint to comment on this suspicious story.