VIA Graphics for the Ultimate Hi-Def Visual Experience

Entertainment continues to drive the development of PC systems and the Internet, in the form of graphically complex games, and digital film and photography, and more. At VIA, we believe in delivering the richest sensory experience possible an essential part of the PC experience as part of our Digital Brilliance vision, so we develop innovative discrete and integrated graphics solutions for enhanced video and display capability.

Discrete: S3 Graphics

S3 Graphics, a VIA joint venture, has long been at the forefront of PC graphics, with a distinguished reputation as a pioneer in the development of graphics technology. Delivering a wide range of features and performance to serve the graphics and multimedia needs of both the home and business markets, the company continues to break new boundaries in the high quality and power efficient mobile and desktop graphics sectors.

Please see the S3 Graphics website for more details.

Integrated: VIA IGP Chipsets

VIA has the most advanced, broadest core logic chipset range in the industry, with solutions for all major processor platforms and for every type of system: from desktop, mobile and server to the new generation of innovative x86 Personal Electronics devices.

Alongside our renowned high performance discrete solutions, there is a huge range of multimedia IGP chipsets that integrate S3 Graphics technologies based on shared memory architecture, from UniChrome™ through to the latest Chrome9™ IGP core. Originally for entry level and productivity focused desktops and notebooks, recent advances in integrated graphics, video and display technologies have seen IGP chipsets expand much further into the mainstream desktop market.

Please scroll below to find information on VIA IGP chipsets from the following three families:

» P-Series
Supporting Intel® Pentium® 4 processors (P4 series) and Pentium® III processors

» K-Series
Supporting AMD Athlon™ processors up to the latest AMD Athlon™ 64 and Opteron™ (K8 series) processors

» C-Series
Supporting the full range of power-efficient VIA desktop and embedded processors

» V-Series
Supporting the the latest VIA and Intel mobile processors

Resources

Delivering the Hi-Def™ Visual Experience A VIA white paper discussing the advanced feature sets of the VIA UniChrome™ Pro IGP graphics core. » Learn more ...