Interviews, buzz, rants, serious articles and questionable opinions

VIA Nano confirmed as driving force behind Samsung NC20

by Julian Prokaza on Friday 27 February 2009 1 Comment

Samsung NC20It’s something of a struggle to find a netbook running off anything other than Intel’s Atom processor – be it the Atom 270 or 280.

Samsung seems to have faith in one of Intel’s rival’s, though, namely VIA.

Thanks to an official release from VIA, we can now confirm that Samsung’s NC20 will be powered by a VIA Nano CPU - the U2250 to be precise.

Despite Samsung’s NC10 running off an Atom chip, this news doesn’t come as a total surprise. As we reported earlier this month, it was widely believed that Samsung would switch to VIA with the NC20. More after the break.

The Nano CPU has a clock speed of 1.3GHz and 800MHz front-side bus. On paper, it’s a fair bit slower than Intel’s Atom, but clock speeds aren’t everything and we’ll wait until our NC20 review sample arrives before delivering a final verdict.

Other NC20 specs include a 12.1-inch screen with a 1,280x800-pixel resolution, 1Gb RAM and a 160Gb hard drive, making it a fair bit beefier than most of the netbooks out there. Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Windows XP Home also come as standard.

There’s no official word on availability or pricing, but you can find the Samsung NC20 available for pre-order on various sites. Amazon has it at £379 and says it will have the netbook in stock this coming Sunday.

Samsung’s NC10 was certainly a popular netbook, but we’ll have to wait and see whether the company’s faith in VIA’s Nano chip pays off and if it prompts other manufacturers to follow suit. With AMD seemingly happy to let this whole netbook thing drift by, we certainly hope VIA can provide Intel with a bit of competition.

[ VIA via Register Hardware]

Originally published on www.mobilecomputermag.co.uk, now incorporated into Broadband Genie
© Dennis Publishing

 

Comments

  • neutral

    by Your name at 17:23 on 25 Apr 2010Report abuse

    This is an excellent article, thank you very much for it,
    I have found here much useful information in
    Buy ambien

Add your comment now

Post a reply to this thread

 

 

Please describe your emotions in making this comment:


Powered by reCAPTCHA

Unless you are a verified user, comments will be moderated before they appear. Comments submitted entirely in capital letters, containing advertising or excessive swearing will be rejected; please try to be polite. The best comments are relevant, factual and balanced; think about all aspects of the package, such as speed, connection quality and customer service. We reserve the right to edit comments.