According to HKEPC, VIA is developing a dual-core version of its Nano CPU, scheduled for 2H 2009.

VIA's Nano is designed to compete with Intel's Atom, or the other way around, depending on who you ask, and the outfit seems keen on clipping Intel's wings when it decides to let vendors use dual-core Atoms in netbooks.

The new CPU will use a faster 1333MHz VIA V4 bus, feature 128kb of L1 and 1MB of L2 cache and retain the Nano BGA package. Unlike Intel's Atom, it will be built in 65nm, although the company is considering transitioning to 40 or 45nm at a later date.

VIA will also release a single-core version of the CPU, dubbed VIA Nano 3000, probably before the Nano 3000 dual-core appears sometime in the second half of 2009.

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