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VIA Presents Impressive Array of 'Inspired by VIA'
Innovations that Highlight x86 Total Connectivity at
Computex 2003
From home entertainment systems and affordable slim
and light notebooks to video conferencing and retail
devices, VIA's x86 processor platforms inspire tremendous
design and function innovation for tomorrow's connected
and interoperable digital devices
Taipei, Taiwan, 22 September 2003 - VIA Technologies,
Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip
technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced
a whole host of innovative new VIA processor platform
based systems on display at VIA's booths at Computex
2003, in Hall 2 Booth E136 and Hall 3 Booth G300, that
clearly demonstrate the versatility and suitability
of the x86 platform for the Totally Connected lifestyle.
The twenty stylish systems target a wide range of applications
that include connected home entertainment, mobile computing,
communication, telematics, commerce and networking,
and highlight the form factor flexibility made possible
by VIA's highly efficient processor platforms and the
VIA EPIA Mini-ITX series of mainboards. Also on display
are some unique PC cases that illustrate how VIA platforms
enable the imagination to be let loose in system design.
"VIA's distributed performance approach to processor
platform design harnesses the performance of critical
media components, such as high quality digital video
playback and crisp clear audio while enabling quiet,
space saving designs that used to only be associated
with consumer electronics, commercial or industrial
systems," said Richard Brown, Associate Vice President
of Marketing, VIA Technologies, Inc. "The incredibly
wide range of products on display at our booth speaks
volumes about how VIA platforms are being tailored to
fit the needs of the expanding x86 device market by
providing performance where it counts."
In the home, digital entertainment is driving some
incredible system design innovation, as illustrated
by the all-in-one set top box from leading German system
integrator 4MBO, and the home entertainment system from
global consumer electronics firm TEAC. Innovation in
the workplace is also on display, with compact thin
client systems from Wyse and Gigabyte, and the palm-sized
Microserver HP from NorhTec, as well as the Aplux Tablet
PC for mobile knowledge workers.
Demonstrating how x86 architecture is breaking new
ground in the retail, industrial, medical and many other
worlds are the Dustproof PC from TVC, and the amazing
DVD MP3 Terminal from YIS that is already at work in
high street music stores.
One of the fun by-products of the VIA EPIA revolution
has been the meteoric rise in popularity of case-modding,
as these tiny mainboards provide the ideal platform
for some real 'out of the box' thinking. Here too VIA
has some great examples on show, commercial and fun,
such as the truly remarkable Globe PC from 0809 in Japan.
There will also be an amazing case mod that needs to
be seen to be believed!
Also on show for the first time are four VIA Antaur
processor based slim and light notebooks that target
the mainstream corporate, home and education mobile
markets. Features include integrated cameras, microphones,
wireless connectivity and compact flash slots that are
not usually seen on mainstream value notebooks.
For further information about VIA's booth at Computex,
please see the VIA website at:
http://www.via.com.tw/en/events/computex2003.jsp.
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