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'''VIA CoreFusion''' is a line of low power [[x86]] processors manufactured by [[VIA Technologies|VIA]] starting in 2003. The Corefusion integrates the [[Northbridge (computing)|Northbridge]], graphics processing unit and a V-Link Interface (Luke and John only.)

The Corefusion platform is available in four varieties: Mark, Luke, Luke-Lite and John.

== Mark ==
The Corefusion Mark was released on March 12, 2003. The processor core is based on the VIA C3 [[VIA C3#Nehemiah|'Nehemiah']], and includes the VIA ProSavage CLE266 Northbridge and the S3 Graphics [[S3 Savage|ProSavage4]] graphics processing unit. It supports 133 MHz [[SDRAM#SDR_SDRAM|SDRAM]]

;Specifications (C3 Core)
* L1-Cache: 64 + 64 kB (Data + Instructions)
* L2-Cache: 64 kB
* [[MMX (instruction set)|MMX]], [[3DNow!]], [[Streaming SIMD Extensions|SSE]]
* Security Features: [[Random number generator|RNG]], [[Advanced Encryption Standard|AES]]
* [[Ball grid array|BGA686]]
* [[Front side bus]]: 133 MHz
* VCore: 0.9-1.0 V
* Power consumption: 6-10 W
* First release: March 12, 2003
* Clockrate:
** Mark: 533-1000 MHz

==Luke and Luke-Lite==
The Corefusion Luke was released on 8 March 2005.  The processor core is based on the VIA [[VIA Eden|Eden-N]], and includes the VIA CN400 Northbridge and the S3 Graphics [[S3 Chrome#UniChrome|Unichrome Pro]] graphics processing unit. It supports up to 400 MHz [[Double data rate|DDR]] SDRAM.

The Corefusion Luke-Lite is nearly identical to the Luke, with the only difference being the integrated Northbridge is replaced with a VIA CN333. This limits the maximum memory speed to 333 MHz (versus the 400 MHz on the Luke.)

;Specifications (Eden-N Core)
* L1-Cache: 64 + 64 kB (data + instructions)
* L2-Cache: 64 kB
* [[MMX (instruction set)|MMX]], [[3DNow!]], [[Streaming SIMD Extensions|SSE]]
* Security Features: [[Random number generator|RNG]], [[Advanced Encryption Standard|AES]]
* [[Ball grid array|BGA841]]
* [[Front side bus]]: 133 MHz
* VCore: 0.9-1.0 V
* Power consumption: 6-10 W
* First release: Mar 8, 2005
* Clockrate:
** Luke: 533-1000 MHz
** Luke-Lite: 533-1000 MHz

== John ==
Little is known about the Corefusion John, other than a VIA roadmap PDF from 2005 found [http://www.via.com.tw/en/downloads/presentations/processors/via_corefusion-platform_0205.pdf here] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612083156/http://www.via.com.tw/en/downloads/presentations/processors/via_corefusion-platform_0205.pdf |date=2012-06-12 }}. It was apparently planned as a successor to the Luke, and supposed planned features were to include DDR2 support, hardware WMV9 decoding and HD audio support. It is unknown if this part was ever released, but it likely would have used some variant of a VIA C7 core (since VIA lost licenses required to produce the C3 series.)

== See also ==
* [[AMD Accelerated Processing Unit]]
* [[Geode (processor)]]
* [[VIA C3]]
* [[VIA C7]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/SoC.html CPU World System on a Chip list]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120403022615/http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/processors/corefusion/ VIA CoreFusion Processor Platform]
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20061111072634/http://www.epiacenter.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=481 VIA ‘Luke’ CoreFusion Processing Platform]}}, includes pictures of the package and of the motherboard.

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