Wondermedia are a subsidiary of VIA Technologies that launched their product, an ARM-based platform for low-power computing appliances, this time last year. We’ve heard a few bits and pieces about them over the year but it seems that they are now gearing up for a wave of customer products that will launch later this year.
Richard Brown, Marketing manager for VIA, has been in the U.S. briefing the press and has also taken the time to write up a little bit of information on his blog. The press articles I’ve seen so far are hardly worth reading (Bloomberg simply taking the opportunity to spin an iPad article) but expect to see more soon. We’ll try and hook-up with Richard at Computex next week and get some hands-on for you too.
Please don’t expect iPad-killers though. The Wondermedia PRIZM platform is ARM9 based, contains DNLA support and video decoding hardware and is really targeted at simple internet and media presentation rather than multitasking and a rich, fast web experience. It’s comparable to the Rockchip in the Archos 7 Home Tablet which is already in the market.
yeiks, how many third shift chinese devices will we see using this and android?
All 12 gadillion 7in android tablets on ebay use this chipset. From reviews they are not optimized for efficiency (slow with crap 2+hr battery life).
try less than a hour battery life and very slow…. my motorola droid blows it away…but great for photo slide show!