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December 2006

28 December 2006
VIA Announces EPIA Mini-ITX Platform for x86 Consumer Electronics
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced the VIA EPIA EX-Series Mini-ITX mainboards, the first of VIA's compact platforms to feature the new VIA CX700M2 system media processor. Powered by the highly efficient 1.5GHz or fanless 1.0GHz VIA C7® processor, the VIA EPIA EX has an average operating power consumption of just 13.6 watts...More
18 December 2006
VIA Sees Explosive Growth for Connected Clients
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced that Connected Clients are rapidly emerging as a viable answer to current global IT management challenges, a view supported in a new IDC whitepaper sponsored by VIA, and that VIA as a primary platform provider to this market is helping drive clients into mainstream enterprise...More
13 December 2006
VIA Vinyl HD Audio Codecs Receive Windows Vista™ Premium Logo
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced that all VIA Vinyl HD audio codecs have passed the Microsoft® Windows Vista™ 32bit/64bit Premium logo tests, ensuring users can feel the warmth of sound in the Vista environment...More
13 December 2006
VIA Announces Comprehensive Support for Microsoft Robotics Studio
VIA Technologies, Inc., a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced full support for Microsoft Robotics Studio, a new Windows-based environment that simplifies the creation of robotics applications, across all VIA processor platforms and the acclaimed range of ultra compact VIA EPIA mainboards. Whether for academic, hobbyist or commercial robots, the flexible VIA EPIA mainboards powering Microsoft Robotics Studio makes development easier for robotics designers...More
6 December 2006
VIA K8M890 and P4M900 IGP Chipsets Certified by Windows Vista™ Logo Program
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced that the VIA K8M890 and the VIA P4M900 chipsets have passed the Microsoft® Windows Vista™ 32bit/64bit Basic logo tests, enabling customers get ready for Vista with confidence...More
1 December 2006
VIA Announces November Sales Results
VIA Technologies, Inc., a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced net sales for November 2006 of NT$1.14 billion (US$35.27 million approximately)...More
November 2006

24 November 2006
VIA to Host Affordable Community Computing Workshop in the Philippines
VIA Technologies, Inc., a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced a one-day VIA pc-1 Affordable Community Computing Workshop, to be held on Monday 27th November at the National Computer Center in Manila, Philippines, to coincide with the National e-Learning Conference...More
21 November 2006
VIA Announces SPI Support Across All Processor Platforms
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced support for the advanced SPI bus in all new VIA South Bridge chipsets...More
9 November 2006
Hitachi Steps Up Security with New VIA-Powered FLORA Thin Clients
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced that Hitachi has selected the power efficient VIA processors to power their new FLORA Se series desktop and mobile connected clients...More
7 November 2006
VIA Launches PCI Express Chipset for VIA Processor Platforms
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced the VIA CN800 digital media IGP chipset, a highly integrated core logic solution that offers PCI Express and DDR2 memory support, as well as a host of rich digital media features including the VIA UniChrome™ Pro graphics IGP with hardware MPEG-2 playback and DuoView+™ for dual monitor output...More
2 November 2006
VIA Announces Comprehensive Processor Platform Support for Windows® Embedded CE 6.0
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced full processor platform support for the new Microsoft® Windows® Embedded CE 6, with Board Support Packages (BSP) to be released this month...More
1 November 2006
VIA Announces October Sales Results
VIA Technologies, Inc., a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced net sales for October 2006 of NT$1.51billion (US$45.31 million approximately)...More

October 2006

31 October 2006
VIA "Couples, Computers and Gaming" Event Looks at Relationships and PC Games
VIA Technologies, Inc., a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced the unique "Couples, Computers & Gaming" event to be held in San Francisco on Saturday 11th November, a comprehensive look at the interaction of couples and gaming as the industry adapts to create, develop and promote games...More
31 October 2006
VIA Announces 3Q'06 Results
VIA Technologies, Inc., a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced financial results for third quarter 2006...More
26 October 2006
VIA and Everex Launch World's Most Energy Efficient Notebook
VIA Technologies, Inc., a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, and Everex Systems, Inc., a world leader in the design and production of personal computers, today unveiled the StepNote NC1500 notebook: the first Everex notebook to make use of the advanced VIA C7®-M processor...More
12 October 2006
Mobility Meets Security in VIA C7-M Powered SafeBook by DevonIT
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced that DevonIT, supplier of secure server-based remote access and thin client solutions, selected the ultra power efficient VIA C7®-M processor for its new SafeBook mobile thin client...More
11 October 2006
VIA and UK System Partners Launch World's First Carbon Free Personal Computers
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced with partners Evesham Technology and Tranquil PC the world's first Carbon Free Computers based on the ultra energy-efficient VIA C7®-D processor platform...More
4 October 2006
VIA Opens First Solar Powered Information Community Centre in the South Pacific
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced the first ever solar-powered cyber community centre in the South Pacific. Developed with the Samoan ICT Secretariat, the centre is a proof of concept implementation of VIA Solar Computing, a key element of the VIA Clean Computing Initiative to drive environment-conscious computing...More
2 October 2006
VIA Announces September Sales Results
VIA Technologies, Inc., a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced net sales for September 2006 of NT$1.66billion (US$50.27 million approximately)...More

September 2006

28 September 2006
VIA pc-1 Enables "By Youth, For Youth" Community Development in South Africa
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of PC platform solutions, today revealed details of a VIA pc-1 Initiative project that is making a real difference in one of the poorest South African townships, the IkamvaYouth computer lab in Khayelitsha, where computer training is improving the prospects of the local youth and the community...More
26 September 2006
VIA Launches HDTV ready Unified Chipset for Embedded Market at ESC Boston
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today introduced the VIA CX700M digital media IGP chipset for the VIA C7® and Eden™ processor platforms...More
13 September 2006
VIA Announces World's First Carbon Free Processor
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced the VIA C7®-D processor for a new breed of PC desktop solutions...More
1 September 2006
VIA Announces August Sales Results
VIA Technologies, Inc., a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced net sales for August 2006 of NT$1.51 billion (US$45.88 million approximately)....More

August 2006

29 August 2006
VIA Makes Security Easy for Microsoft® Windows® based Application Programmers
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today released the VIA PadLock™ Cryptographic Service Provider (CSP), a software module that enables the Microsoft® Cryptographic Application Programming Interface (CryptoAPI) – used by programmers to enhance security in applications – to offload much of the security heavy-lifting to the VIA PadLock Security Engine integrated into the VIA C7® processor family...More
18 August 2006
VIA Launches "Get the Girls into the Game" Contest with Free Trip to Sweden
VIA Technologies, Inc., leading supplier of high definition PC silicon for the gaming market, together with VIA Chrome Ambassadors the girlz 0f destruction, today announced an exciting new contest: "Get the Girls into the Game," with the winning girl spending a weekend at the Home of Chrome in Sweden with a friend, learning how to play PC games like a professional while visiting beautiful Stockholm...More
10 August 2006
VIA Launches New Luke CoreFusion™ EPIA Mainboard with Dual LAN
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced the VIA EPIA EK-Series mainboard, designed for a new generation of network based ultra compact digital media appliances and boasting a maximum power consumption of just 19W...More
1 August 2006
VIA Announces July Sales Results
VIA Technologies, Inc., a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced net sales for July 2006 of NT$1.51 billion (US$46.12 million approximately)...More

July 2006

6 July 2006
VIA Delivers First Single-Chipset Solution for UMPCs
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced the VIA VX700 chipset to build on the success of the VIA Ultra Mobile platform in UMPC devices, enabling reduction of mobile form factors by up to 40%...More
3 July 2006
VIA Announces June Sales Results
VIA Technologies, Inc., a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced net sales for June 2006 of NT$1.49 billion (US$45.90 million approximately)...More

June 2006

9 June 2006
VIA Powers New Maxbox™ IP Set Top Box from SPL Innotech
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today showcased the innovative new Maxbox™ IP Set Top Box developed by Singapore-based SPL Innotech Pte. Ltd. at VTF2006...More
7 June 2006
VIA Reaffirms "Small is Beautiful" Strategy at VTF
Wenchi Chen, President and CEO of VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today laid out VIA's strategy of continuing to push the limits on miniaturization of the PC platform based on its unrivalled power efficiency and rich feature integration...More
7 June 2006
VIA Extends Licensing Agreement with ARM
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, and ARM [(LSE:ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMHY)], today announced that VIA have extended their agreement with ARM by licensing the ARM926EJ-S™ processor and the ARM968E-S™ processor to further strengthen VIA's product portfolio...More
5 June 2006
VIA Launches New Initiative to Drive Connected Client Computing in the Enterprise
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced the VIA Connected Client Initiative designed to educate enterprise on connected client computing as a practical, cost effective solution to global I.T. management challenges; this will also be the focus of a dedicated technology track at this year's VTF, taking place in Taipei on Thursday 8th June...More
1 June 2006
VIA Launches Ultra Low Power VIA EPIA CN Mini-ITX Mainboard
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced the VIA EPIA CN-Series Mini-ITX mainboards, the latest in the range of VIA C7 processor-based ultra compact platforms boasting an average power consumption of just 16 watts...More
1 June 2006
VIA Announces May Sales Results
VIA Technologies, Inc., a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced net sales for May 2006 of NT$1.62 billion (US$50.68 million approximately)...More

May 2006

30 May 2006
VIA Announces VIA P4M900 DirectX® 9 Integrated Graphics Chipset for the Intel® Processor Platform
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced the VIA P4M900 chipset featuring the VIA Chrome9™ Integrated Graphics Processor core, PCI Express connectivity and DDR2 memory support up to 667MHz for Intel® processors, including the latest Intel Core™ Duo...More
23 May 2006
VIA Highlights Latest Hardware Innovations at WinHEC 2006
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced an array of innovative computing devices will be on show at WinHEC, May 23-25, in Seattle Washington...More
23 May 2006
VIA Announces Comprehensive AMD Chipset Support for Socket AM2 Transition
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced top-to-bottom chipset solutions supporting the transition to socket AM2 by AMD (NYSE: AMD)...More
18 May 2006
VIA Opens pc-1 ICT Education Center at Key Vietnam University
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today opened the VIA pc-1 ICT Center at Vietnam's Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry, a digital facility that will serve both the local youth community and the university faculty in a practical approach to ICT training and skills enhancement that can be replicated at other academic institutions...More
16 May 2006
VTF2006 to Feature Prominent Keynote Speakers and Technology Leadership in Fast-Growing Markets
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced an outstanding array of top executives from leading industry players to address the seventh VIA Technology Forum (VTF2006), taking place in Taipei from Wednesday, 7th June to Friday, 9th June...More
15 May 2006
VIA based TabletKiosk™ eo™ Arrives in US Market
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced that TabletKiosk, a leader in Tablet PC computing solutions, has selected the VIA UMPC platform to power eo, its new Ultra Mobile PC...More
9 May 2006
Home of Chrome Goes to Hollywood
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions today announced a scaled-down version of the digital showcase "Home of Chrome" will be recreated at E3 Expo 2006 this week, in Kentia Hall, meeting room 7209...More
4 May 2006
VIA Partners with APEC Digital Opportunity Center to Bring ICT to Emerging Markets
At a press conference held today in Taipei, VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, entered into a strategic ICT Alliance with the APEC Digital Opportunity Center (ADOC) to help bridge the digital divide in emerging markets within APEC...More
2 May 2006
VIA Announces April Sales Results
VIA Technologies, Inc., a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced net sales for April 2006 of NT$2.88 billion (US$90.23 million approximately)...More

April 2006

28 April 2006
VIA Announces 4Q'05 and 1Q'06 Results
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced financial results for fourth quarter 2005 and first quarter 2006...More
25 April 2006
VIA Technology Forum 2006 Sets Path for Embracing Digital Intelligence
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced that the seventh annual VIA Technology Forum (VTF) will lay out the direction for "Embracing Digital Intelligence" and take place in Taipei from 7th to 9th June during Computex 2006. Areas of focus for VTF 2006 include high definition computing, the ultra mobile lifestyle, connected client computing and emerging markets...More
6 April 2006
VIA Announces the VIA PT890 Chipset for Windows Vista™ Premium- Ready Systems with Intel® Processors
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced the VIA PT890 chipset, further broadening VIA's range of Microsoft® Windows Vista™-ready core logic solutions...More
4 April 2006
VIA Launches First Single-Chip Embedded Chipset, the VIA CX700, at ESC 2006
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced the VIA CX700 digital media IGP chipset for the VIA C7® and Eden™ processor platforms, the most advanced x86 embedded chipset that integrates all the cutting-edge features of a modern chipset’s North and South bridges, including rich video graphics, HD audio, and DDR2 and SATA II support, into a single, compact and highly power-efficient package...More
3 April 2006
VIA Announces March Sales Results
VIA Technologies, Inc., a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced net sales for March 2006 of NT$2.64 billion (US$81.44 million approximately)...More

March 2006

30 March 2006
VIA Announces Comprehensive Support for TPM Technology
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced cooperation with industry partners to ensure broad TPM support for VIA's market-leading lineup of chipset solutions for the Intel®, AMD, and VIA processor platforms...More
13 March 2006
VIA Launches Most Powerful EPIA Mainboard Ever; First to Feature VIA C7 Processor
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced the VIA EPIA EN-Series Mini-ITX mainboards, the first of VIA's ultra compact platforms to feature the VIA C7 processor, making it the most powerful EPIA platform to date...More
10 March 2006
New VIA C7®-M ULV Processor Family, the World's Lowest Power Mobile Processors, Enables Ultra Mobile Lifestyle Devices
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced the VIA C7-M ULV processor with unprecedented power efficiency that enables an exciting range of ultra compact, ultra portable devices to be showcased at CeBIT 2006...More
10 March 2006
VIA C7®-M Processor Delivers Outstanding Mobile Performance for Medion MIM 2080 Notebook
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced that Medion, a leading European distributor of PC systems, has selected the VIA C7®-M processor to power its latest MIM 2080 notebook, available through leading European retailers from tomorrow...More
9 March 2006
VIA Goes Chrome at CeBIT 2006
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced that a diverse array of innovative ultra mobile, digital media, and computing devices will be on show at CeBIT, March 9-15, in Hannover, Germany...More
1 March 2006
VIA EPIA Mini-ITX Puts The Spice In ChiliBox™
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced that VIA EPIA Mini-ITX mainboards have been selected by Chili Systems, a US based network solutions provider to power the all-in-one SOHO network server appliance, the ChiliBox™, with functionality secured through the military-grade VIA PadLock Security Engine. The ChiliBox will be demonstrated at CeBIT 2006, Hanover, Germany...More
1 March 2006
VIA Announces February Sales Results
VIA Technologies, Inc., a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced net sales for February 2006 of NT$2.32 billion (US$71.59 million approximately)....More
February 2006

22 February 2006
VIA Announces VIA Vinyl™ VT1708 High Definition Audio Codec, Delivering Premium Performance Audio for the PC
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced the VIA Vinyl VT1708 High Definition (HD) Audio Codec with premium quality and features for expanding PC audio requirements...More
20 February 2006
VIA Opens World's First eSports Training House for Competitive PC Gaming
VIA Technologies, Inc., leading supplier of high definition PC silicon for the gaming market, today launched the girlz 0f destruction gaming house in Sweden, the first-ever year-round eSports training house. Dubbed the "Home of Chrome" after the Hi-Def™ Chrome computer hardware provided by VIA and S3 Graphics, the house provides both professional and amateur gamers with a unique opportunity to improve their competitive gaming skills in a focused environment...More
9 February 2006
VIA Announces VIA P4M890 PCI Express Desktop IGP Chipset
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced the VIA P4M890 IGP chipset featuring leading edge interconnect and video display technologies, further expanding VIA's broad support for the Intel® Pentium® 4 platform and delivering new levels of performance and functionality for mainstream computing solutions...More
6 February 2006
VIA Announces January Sales Results
VIA Technologies, Inc., a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced net sales for January 2006 of NT$2.04 billion (US$63.84 million approximately)...More

January 2006

23 January 2006
New VIA Technology Innovation Center in Mumbai to Develop Power Saving PHD Computing & Connectivity Appliances for Global Markets
VIA Technologies, Inc., a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced that the first VIA Technology Innovation Center will be established in Mumbai to develop new VIA pc-1 PHD computing and connectivity appliances that combat power, heat, dust and other environmental challenges in developing markets around the world...More
17 January 2006
New VIA Eden™ and Eden™ ULV Processors Take Fanless Computing to 1.5GHz with Industry-Leading Power Efficiency
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced the new fanless VIA Eden™ processor family with the VIA V4 bus, including the ultra low voltage VIA Eden ULV processors that offer unbeatable power efficiency in design and performance within the compact nanoBGA2 package of 21mm x 21mm...More
5 January 2005
VIA Announces Support for AMD Digital Media Vision
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced full support for AMD's digital media vision, including AMD LIVE!, with VIA's full range of silicon solutions including the latest VIA K8T900 and VIA K8M890 chipsets...More
2 January 2006
VIA Announces 2005 December Sales Results
VIA Technologies, Inc., a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced net sales for December 2005 of NT$2.29billion (US$69.83million approximately)...More

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