VIA to intro new RISC cpu
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on October 9, 2002 at 9:24:14 PM
Reduced Instruction Set Computing as opposed to the x86 CISC (Conplex Instruction Set Computing). RISC chips are normally faster and do basic work very fast. VIA wants to get into the PDA market.
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Continuing its efforts in the portable device market, VIA Technologies on October 8 announced at the VIA Technology Forum (VTF) that it will launch a new RISC (reduced instruction set computing)-architecture processor line in the first quarter of 2003 for PDAs (personal digital assistants) and mobile phones.