A Taiwanese maker of chipsets and x86 processors, founded in 1987 by Cher Wang and her husband Wen-Chi Chen; headquartered in Xindian. Known for chipsets for the Pentium/Athlon (Apollo, KT133), VIA C3/C7/Nano processors (the Cyrix/Centaur line, sold to Intel in 2021), Mini-ITX platforms and VIA Embedded. Formally unrelated to HTC, but both are controlled by the Wang family; HTC bought S3 Graphics from VIA (2011), and early HTC devices used some VIA components. VIA Labs makes USB controllers.
Specifications
| Founded | 1987 |
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| Founders | Cher Wang, Wen-Chi Chen |
| Products | chipsets, x86 processors (C3/C7/Nano), Mini-ITX, VIA Labs USB |
| Link to HTC | shared owners; sold S3 Graphics in 2011 |
| Stock exchange | TWSE: 2388 |
Data from Wikipedia (en)
| Type | Public |
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From Wikipedia
VIA Technologies, Inc. is a Taiwanese manufacturer of integrated circuits, mainly motherboard chipsets, CPUs, and memory. It was once the world's largest independent manufacturer of motherboard chipsets. As a fabless semiconductor company, VIA conducts research and development of its chipsets in-house, then subcontracts the actual (silicon) manufacturing to third-party merchant foundries such as TSMC.
Source: VIA Technologies — Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Section: Brands and Subsidiaries · Brands and companies: 1987