VIA
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The company was founded in 1987 in Silicon Valley (Fremont, California) by Wen Chi Chen, a former Intel employee, among others.
It began manufacturing chips in 1992, after transforming the former Symphony Laboratories company into the later VIA Technologies.
In 1999, it acquired the majority of Cyrix (then a division of National Semiconductor) and Centaur Technology (initially owned by IDT), bringing it into the x86 microprocessor market.
VIA is the creator of the VIA C3 (released in 2001) and VIA C7 (released in 2005) processors.
Until the acquisition of Cyrix, this company had been considered the fourth in manufacturing of processors.
It has also manufactured many of the chips for the motherboards of other manufacturers such as Intel or AMD.
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VIA C3-733AMHz
TYPE: VIA C3 EZRA
Speed: 733 MHz
Bus: 133 MHz
Clock: X5.5
Cache L1: 64 KB + 64 KB
L2 cache: 64 KB
Transistors: 15,400,000
Package: PGA370
Socket: 370
Voltage: 1.35 V
Manufacture: 3 / 2.001
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VIA C3-800AMHz
TYPE: VIA C3 EZRA
Speed: 800 MHz
Bus: 133 MHz
Clock: X6
Cache L1: 64 KB + 64 KB
L2 cache: 64 KB
Transistors: 15,400,000
Package: PGA370
Socket: 370
Voltage: 1.35 V
Manufacture: 3 / 2.001
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