VIA Technologies reveals plans for x86-64 CPUs to compete against AMD and Intel

Nicholas Fearn
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VIA Technologies planning 2018 return to x86-compatible CPUs with China's Zhaoxin Semiconductor

Taiwan-based technology firm VIA Technologies - which holds a licence to produce x86-compatible CPUs as a result of its 1999 acquisition of Cyrix - has been somewhat tight-lipped about its plans fo...

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