In early July, we reported on VIA's Centaur Technology division getting a new website. At the time, we anticipated that it would coincide with an announcement about Isaiah II, their rumored to be upcoming x86-based SoC (maybe even compatible with ARM, too).
Fifty-one days later, on August 31st, 2014, we came back at quarter-to-four EDT and let the website run its course, refreshing occasionally. 4 PM hit and… the counter stayed at 0 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes, and 0 seconds. Okay, I said. For about an hour, I refreshed occasionally because things could have happened on Labour Day weekend. I, then, came back late in the evening, and the day after. I next thought about it the week after, at which point the website was updated… with a timer that expires on September 30th, 2014.
Well… crap.
So by the end of the month, we may find out what Centaur is trying to announce. I am a little less confident in the breadth of the announcement, given that the company waited for the timer to lapse before correcting their mistake. I would expect that if their big announcement, like a new SoC, were to hold up the launch, the company would have known ahead of time. At the moment, it sounds like a typical website redesign which got delayed.
I will hopefully be pleasantly surprised come the end of the month.
It’s NOT a SoC. It is obvious
It’s NOT a SoC. It is obvious in the previous article that it uses a motherboard with a full chipset that also has integrated graphics on it.
And compatible with ARM? What?When?Where? It was never ment to be compatible with ARM. They (VIA) have Wondermedia for their ARM designs.
Sounds good, Centaur
Sounds good, Centaur Technology is Worth the waiting!