Finally the new VIA Zhaoxin processors arrive, processors based on 28nm nodes, which work at a fairly low frequency and aim to have a fairly discreet performance.

A few weeks ago it was published that VIA could return to the market for X86 processors, something that has ended up being certified with the new Zhaoxin chips. The new processors that VIA has developed, which are called Zhaoxin, are based on the 28nm process. It cannot compete with the Intel processors, in 14nm and in the near future they will go to 10nm, and neither with the AMD, also in 14nm and that are on the way to 12nm. These processors are based on the WuDaoKou architecture and will have up to eight cores working at a frequency of 2.0GHz.

They are discrete processors, not suitable for large machines and possibly, for now, they will only remain in the Chinese market. The company has presented five versions of the KaiXian 5000. The first is the KX-U5680, which will work at 2GHz, the second the KX-U5580, which will work at 1.8GHz and thirdly the KX-U5580M, which will work below the 1.8GHz. These processors will all have eight cores and an 2MB L8 cache. The KX-5640, which will run at 2.0GHz and the KX-U5580, which will run at 1.8GHz, will have four cores and a 2MB L4 cache.

These processors feature Intel VT-x, Trusted Execution Technology, SSE4.2, AVX, and AVX2 technologies. These processors have sixteen PCIe 3.0 lanes, plus four additional lanes for interconnection with the chipset or even an M.2 slot. These processors implement discrete graphics with a maximum resolution of 4096 × 2304 ° 60Hz, which are compatible with DX11, but not with DX12.

Along with these processors, the KaisHeng 2000 have been presented, specifically the KH-26800, which works at 2.0GHz and the KH-25800, which works at 1.8GHz. Both are characterized by having eight cores and a total of 8MB of L3 cache. These do not have GPU enabled.

Source: fuse