Debuts revolutionary new PT880 chipset with QuadStream™ Memory Architecture and S3 Graphics’ DeltaChrome

INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM, SAN JOSE, California, 16 September 2003 - VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced that it will demonstrate the latest additions to its range of high performance, feature rich platform solutions for the Intel Pentium 4 processor at the Intel Developer Forum that starts today at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California.

Among the products on display at VIA’s booth will be the new PT880 chipset, which utilizes the unique QuadStream memory architecture to optimize the performance of Intel Pentium 4 processor based systems with its support for dual channel DDR400 SDRAM. Other highlights include the first public demonstration of the S3 Graphics DeltaChrome, a powerful new 8-pixel pipeline DirectX 9.0 graphics controller featuring on-chip Hi-Def HDTV-out and the revolutionary Chromotion Programmable Video Engine, as well as a variety of connectivity solutions such as the new VIA Velocity VT6120 Gigabit Ethernet single chip and the VIA VT8237 South Bridge with native Serial ATA/RAID support.

“We are delighted to be participating in IDF,” commented Richard Brown, Associate Vice President of Marketing for VIA Technologies, Inc. “It provides us with the ideal opportunity to showcase our latest innovations in core logic and graphics chipsets for enhancing the performance and functionality of Intel Pentium 4 processor based systems.”



About VIA Technologies, Inc.

VIA Technologies, Inc. is the foremost fabless supplier of market-leading core logic chipsets, low power x86 processors, advanced connectivity, multimedia, networking and storage silicon, and complete platform solutions that are driving system innovation in the PC and embedded markets. Headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, VIA’s global network links the high tech centers of the US, Europe and Asia, and its customer base includes the world’s top OEMs, motherboard vendors and system integrators. VIA is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE2388) and achieved annual revenues of over US$720 million in 2002. http://www.via.com.tw