10.289.2002 - Taiwan's Via to develop 'Pentium 4 clone' processor for high-end PCs

Continuing to walk on a legal tightrope, Taiwan's Via Technologies Inc. here let it slip out that it is working on a 2-GHz microprocessor, which is reportedly a "clone" of Intel Corp.'s Pentium 4 processor. During a presentation at the Microprocessor Forum on Monday, a Via executive briefly mentioned the processor while curiously raising questions about the need for 2-GHz processors. - View Additional Information - Visit Via Technologies, Inc. - Source: SiliconStratagies