Some time ago VIA hinted that in the late summer light may appear on the new x86-compatible processors . Interestingly, these solutions can not rely solely on the instruction set architecture x86 - VIA arsenal there are patents describing computing devices that combine a variety of architectures.
In particular, it is two patents numbered US20120260067 A1 and US20120260065 A1. The first describes a microprocessor that executes native code on x86 and ARM general conveyor by hardware broadcast teams in the internal system of micro-instructions, the second - a similar but multi-core solution. Each core has an indicator that determines which mode - ARM or x86 - it will work after a reboot.
This solution provides maximum flexibility in design and may be interested developers of embedded and industrial systems. However, the mentioned patents were filed as early as 2011 - VIA might well take a different path of development.