Comments on: End of Intel, AMD duopoly near? Via readies Isaiah chip

Via Technologies is getting set to its higher-performance Isaiah processor that is targeted at mainstream computers.

[Mam00th]

Via will need to do a bit of publicity if it wishes to be a competitor to Intel or AMD, but as we all know, a good PC is not CPU centric (isn't that an oxymoron?) so I do think that the door is open them

[bjlevine]

Core 2 -SOLO-? Even Apple abandoned that as an underpowered slug after the first Intel Mac mini disaster.

Mainstream? I can already see the crash and burn.

[edborden]

Obviously they're in agreement with optimized PC. When you've got a processor that isn't "high-performance" I guess you're going to have to bank on the fact that something else will pick up the slack. Optimized PC is irrelevant, IMO.
http://www.edbordenblog.com/2008/04/nvidia-wants-everyone-to-know-gpu-cpu.html

[AppleSuxLeo]

Competition is great for consumers. It gives us better processors at lower prices and spurs innovation. I hope AMD gets back on track.
Without AMD`s competition we would still be using P4`S with the PressHott chipset !
Oh wait...I AM !! (3200 megahertz hyperthreading P4) 5 YRS old and with XP it still performs very well. Just a RAM (ONE GIG IS ALL)and video card upgrade is all it has needed in 5+ years. That`s PC value.

[fieveljmousekewitz]

This is kind of disturbing. We really don't need another large scale CPU manufacture.
AMD and Intel are already enough. They will both be in a hurry now, just to come out with a CPU of this type themselves.
Furthermore, it's going to make it tougher for inverters. All you really had to do, is watch both
companies, and who ever brought out the most CPU with not too bad a price tag, that's who you wanted to invest in.
It's going to make it harder, having to watch three companies. And I'm guessing more companies will follow, just to compete. It's almost surprising that companies like Asus hasn't tried this yet. They do just about everything else, including selling their own laptops and notebooks.
You can get them, with ASUS on the laptop/noteb0ook in big letters, it's hard to miss.


Fievel..