VIA at CeBIT 2005

VIA Technology Showcase at CeBIT 2005 Hannover, Germany - March 10-16

Once again, VIA will be joining the key players in the ICT industry at the world’s premier IT event to showcase the key innovations that will impact the market in H1 2005, from up-to-the-minute technologies for performance desktop and mobile PCs to the most stylish and functional personal electronics.

The Future of Computing
State of the art performance chipsets with PCI Express, DDR2, SATA II and V-RAID, advanced PCI Express graphics, innovative server technologies, powerful video display and multi-channel high resolution audio

Modern Living
Media centers, car PCs, personal servers and all sorts of smart ways to stay connected, informed and entertained at home, in the office, on the road and more, based on the compact, ultra power efficient VIA EPIA mainboards and processor platforms.

If you’re in Hannover at that time, please join us in Hall 23 and check out the technologies that everyone’s talking about!

VIA CeBIT 2005 Press Conference

VIA is happy to welcome you to our CeBIT 2005 VIA Press Conference on Friday 11th March in the Convention Center Room 3 for a comprehensive update on the VIA product development strategy. As the most complete platform solution provider, VIA has all the building blocks to drive technology on the desktop and in convergence markets.

Contact Arno Glompner of Harvard PR (via@harvard.de) to secure your place.

VIA Chipsets

VIA’s renowned performance chipset solutions are designed to enable the world’s leading processor platforms to shine even in the most demanding conditions, and at CeBIT you will see VIA’s most advanced core logic technologies in action.

Supporting the latest desktop technologies and bringing PCI Express to the performance mainstream market, VIA chipsets also support the latest desktop technologies such as SATA II, advanced RAID and a host of connectivity and multimedia features.

VIA PT Series
Comprising the ‘stepping stone’ VIA PT880 Pro chipset featuring support for both PCI Express and AGP 8X graphics, as well as both DDR and DDR2 SDRAM memory for the ultimate transition board, the VIA PT894 PCI Express chipset for the performance mainstream and the VIA PT894 Pro chipset with support for dual PCI Express graphics cards, the VIA PT Series introduces a host of exciting new technologies to the Intel® Pentium® 4 processor platform. Click here for more information on the chipsets that will take mainboards to the next level of desktop technology.

VIA K8 Series
The established leader in providing chipsets for the AMD platform, VIA is taking the initiative on the AMD64 platform too. Starting with the highly acclaimed VIA K8T800 chipset, VIA will demonstrate at CeBIT the ideal PCI Express solution, the VIA K8T890, as well as a solid integrated graphics chipset with the VIA K8M890 featuring the S3 Graphics UniChrome Pro IGP core.

S3 Graphics

At CeBIT 2005, S3 Graphics will debut the advanced GammaChrome graphics accelerator, bringing PCI Express and native Hi-Def HDTV support to the mainstream, as well as great 3D graphics and a great feature set including the latest version of Chromotion Video Display Engine, packed full of exciting display enhancements.

Also on show will be the DeltaChrome family, including the latest addition of DeltaChrome S8 ULP. Extending S3 Graphics’ extensive experience in low power design, the industry-leading ultra low power graphics processor delivers full Hi-Def DirectX 9.0 performance without the need for any cooling mechanisms. For more information, please read the press release.

VIA EPIA Mainboards and Partners

VIA EPIA Mainboards
Personal Electronics is the name VIA gives to the next generation of digital lifestyle devices that keep you informed, entertained or communicating with friends, family and work at home, at work and even in the car, displaying attributes of quiet operation, compact and stylish design, low power consumption – design values that made consumer electronics so popular in the analog age and that fit seamlessly into the modern lifestyle.

At VIA, we believe the VIA EPIA mainboard family, based on the power efficient VIA processor platforms, is the ideal foundation on which to build this modern lifestyle, offering a number of rich feature sets to meet the requirements of an almost unlimited range of smart digital devices. You can find out more about the various VIA EPIA mainboards on the VIA Embedded Platform Division website.

VIA EPIA Partners
Inspiring innovation on an unprecedented scale, the highly acclaimed VIA EPIA mainboard family is truly driving system innovation and spearheading new markets for all manner of personal electronics devices. Hundreds of companies and developers big and small have created remarkable systems to deliver, record and manage digital media, to enable easy communication and to keep you informed at your convenience.

At CeBIT, several VIA partners will showcase some leading edge personal electronics; one such partner is Tranquil PC, who will demonstrate the new Tranquil T2e Media Center 2005 based on the forthcoming VIA EPIA SP13000 Mini-ITX mainboard and running the full Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edition operating system. The near-silent, slimline and stylish device displays all the key attributes of personal electronics outline above, while delivering an awesome entertainment experience. You can read more about this smart addition to the digital home in the recent press release or on the Tranquil PC website.