Comments on: New Samsung Q1 versions: one with flash drive and one with Via C7-M?!?

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:17:12 +0000

Tough to say as detailed specs aren't readily available. The eo V7110 uses a 1.0 GHz Via C7-M processor. According to Via's C7-M product page, the chip is capable of clock cycles between 1.0 and 2.0 GHz. 2 would be nice... ;) See: http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/processors/c7-m/

By: jk

jk — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:09:58 +0000

I believe that the M-7 Via processor is the new one that ships in the DualCor. It runs at 1.5 GHz and is faster than the one used in the eo.

By: Bob Russell

Bob Russell — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:05:43 +0000

So is this new processor one of the new low-power chips that is going to bring us both lower prices and better battery life?
(Or is it the AMD chip similar to the current Q1 versions?)

As far as cost for a flash drive, you can get a 4gig SD card for ~$80 in single quantities, so maybe they could put together 8 of them for a 32gig drive at the cost of about $400 or less wholesale, plus enclosure costs to combine them. That would still be small enough, wouldn’t it?

But I thought flash cards had limited read/write cycles before they fail. Wouldn’t that be a problem for use as a main hard drive?

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 09:42:28 +0000

Good to hear Steve! I haven't been watching the eo news as closely I should; thanks for the update!

By: Steve Paine

Steve Paine — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 09:32:02 +0000

“Isn’t this the CPU that is contributing to battery life issues on the eo?”

No. Its the CPU that is on the eo that *had* the design problems. (now solved)
The VIA processor wasn’t responsible for the battery life issues on the eo.

Just had to put that one straight!

Cheers
Steve.