VIA technologies company declared about the creation of structure : global mobility bazaar (GMB), which resembles to the structure common building block (CBB), created by Intel.
The purpose of GMB is the construction of deliveries chain , which will allow suppliers to release notebook with smaller expenditures and with larger return. The special feature of this market is the short-term products cycle : approximately half year; therefore the correct organization of components deliveries can become the key factor of success during the release of new production.
In GMB terms , which will supply components, figures Microsoft developer, microcircuits integrated technology express (ITE) developer and sanDisk memory producer . The tasks of VIA is the certification and control quality ;
Naturally, GMB expects to avoid competition with main notebook producers . Initially the price of product will remain in the limits $365-440, and in next year it will descend to $220-300.
The base of this platform is the processor VIA C7 M, nano VIA will appear in 2009. Those notebook will be completed BY Windows XP , SSD and HDD. The first product, created within GMB, must appear during December.