Editing VIA C7 (section)

== Product history ==
The C7 delivers a number of improvements to the older [[VIA C3]] cores but is nearly identical to the latest VIA C3 Nehemiah core. The C7 was officially launched in May 2005, although according to market reports, full volume production was not in place at that date. In May 2006 Intel's [[cross-licensing]] agreement with VIA expired and was not renewed, which was the reason for the forced termination of C3 shipments on March 31, 2006, as VIA lost rights to the [[Socket 370]].

[[File:Top EPIA PX10000G Motherboard new.jpg|thumb|EPIA PX10000G Pico-ITX Motherboard]]
A 1&nbsp;GHz C7 processor with 128kB of cache memory is used in VIA's own PX10000G [[motherboard]] which is based on the proprietary [[Pico-ITX]] form factor. The chip is cooled by a large heatsink that covers most of the board and a small 40mm fan.

In early April 2008 the schoolroom-use oriented, ultra-portable [[HP 2133 Mini-Note PC]] family debuted with an entirely VIA-based, 1.0, 1.2 and 1.6&nbsp;GHz C7-M processor portfolio, where the lowest speed model is optimized for running an [[Solid State Drive|SSD]]-based 4GB [[Linux]] distribution with a sub $500 price tag, while the middle tier carries [[Windows XP]] and the top model comes with [[Windows Vista]] Business, factory default. HP chose the single-core VIA C7-M CPU in order to meet the already fixed $499 starting price, even though Intel's competing Atom processor line debuted on 2 April 2008.

[[File:VIA C7-M Mobile Processor Logo.jpg|thumb|VIA C7-M Mobile Processor Logo]]
The C7 is sold in five main versions:
* '''C7''': for desktops / laptops (1.5-2.0&nbsp;GHz) - FCPGA Pentium-M package, 400, 533, 800&nbsp;MHz FSB
* '''C7-M''': for mobiles / embedded (1.5-2.0&nbsp;GHz) - Nano[[Ball grid array|BGA]]2, 21mm × 21mm, 400, 800&nbsp;MHz FSB
* '''C7-M Ultra Low Voltage''': for mobiles / embedded (1.0-1.6&nbsp;GHz) - NanoBGA2, 21mm × 21mm, 400, 800&nbsp;MHz FSB
* '''C7-D''': similar to original C7, but [[RoHS]]-compliant<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-11-21 |title=FAQ on Green Computing & ROHS - VIA Technologies, Inc. |url=http://www.via.com.tw/en/initiatives/greencomputing/greenfaq.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071121185107/http://www.via.com.tw/en/initiatives/greencomputing/greenfaq.jsp |archive-date=2007-11-21 |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=VIA Connect}}</ref> and marketed as "carbon-free processor". Some variants do not support [[PowerSaver]]{{Citation needed|date=November 2007}}
* '''Eden''': Some [[VIA Eden]] CPUs are based on a C7 core with low power consumption, package size, and clock rates as low as 400&nbsp;MHz.