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VIA Announces VIA Technology Forum 2004 in Taipei and Beijing

Fifth annual VIA Technology Forum to define the industry's next step beyond today's digital lifestyle

Taipei, Taiwan, 8 April 2004 - VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced that the fifth annual VIA Technology Forum 2004 (VTF2004) will be held in Taipei on Thursday 3rd June and Beijing on Tuesday 8th June 2004 to showcase future technologies and design innovations.

VTF2004 will consist of two one-day events with a compelling programme of keynote presentations and technology seminars given by senior VIA executives, industry experts, and high level representatives of VIA's industry partners. In an industry where digital convergence between the PC, CE and mobile markets is fast becoming mainstream and the digital lifestyle a reality, the question arises of what lies ahead. VTF2004 will define the industry directions on expanding business models and exciting new design innovations and applications, with tracks covering upcoming technology trends, product roadmaps and new market segments.

"Firmly established on the IT calendar, the fifth VIA Technology Forum will provide an open forum for the industry to share VIA's vision of the future of high definition computing and digital entertainment," said Richard Brown, Vice President of Marketing, VIA Technologies, Inc. "VIA and our key industry partners will provide vision and strategic insights on the applications and opportunities of new markets beyond today's digital lifestyle."

Running alongside the forum seminars will be a technology exhibition in the form of an on-site trade show for industry partners to display and demonstrate their latest products, technologies and services.

By again hosting VTF Taipei during the week of Computex 2004, with VTF Beijing on the following Tuesday, VIA will enable overseas partners, sponsors, customers and media to maximize their visit to Computex Taipei 2004.

For more information on VTF2004, including sponsorship opportunities, agenda, location and registration details, please visit our website at: http://www.via.com.tw/vtf

About the VIA Technology Forum 2003
VIA President and CEO Wenchi Chen opened VTF Taipei in September 2003 to an audience of over 600 participants from the extensive Taiwan PC infrastructure, including over 120 media attendees, and introduced a high profile agenda of keynote speakers from TSMC, AMD, Maxtor, Micron and Phoenix. The following week, VTF Beijing attracted over 450 regional PC OEMs, SIs, channel, developers and Government officials to the Beijing International Hotel, while VTF Tokyo drew over 300 attendees from the world's leading digital multimedia and consumer electronics industry to the Westin Hotel Tokyo.

The VTF2003 Technology tracks followed the Forum theme of Total Connectivity: The Revolution, reflecting the transition of the PC platform with a wide range of technology, application and market subjects, and featured distinguished speakers from Maxtor, Cadence, Cypress, Elpida, Hynix, Kentron, Infineon, Nimble, Intervideo, ASE, Advantech, S3 Graphics and IIT Bombay.

Attracting the support of over 40 key industry players, of which 73% were return sponsors, VTF2003 clearly underlined the strategic significance that the VIA Technology Forum has established within the regional and global PC industry.

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