VIA’s platform will account for 10-15% of the total netbook shipments this year, according to a Chinese language Apply Daily report cited sources at VIA.
Power saving is VIA’s major direction for CPU development continuing into next year; the company’s CPU size and power consumption were reduced by 30% and 33%, respectively in 2008, and the company expects the values to see further drops of 25% and 41% in 2009, added the paper.