VIA Electronics Co., Ltd.’s Major Events

VIA China Chip Events

Since entering the field of chip design, the ideal of “making the world’s first-class Chinese-owned chips” has become the driving force behind VIA’s defiance of hardships and persistence and enterprising spirit. power. Ten years of ups and downs, ambition is like a lamp. VIA adheres to its China Core strategy, is committed to promoting the green transformation of the IT industry, and has firmly taken every step on its own development journey.

Formally entering mainland China, "VIA China Chip - Where there is a chip, there is hope" became one of the most popular slogans in Zhongguancun at that time.

The first Chinese-developed CPU VIA Cyrix III was launched, and the journey of "VIA China Core" began

Successfully promoted DDR memory to become the mainstream of the market and established a more comprehensive In 2001, the chip set market share ranked first in the world.

In 2001, it was the first to launch the VIA C3 processor, which used the most advanced 0.13 micron process technology at the time. Technology monopoly in European and American countries

In 2003

A technology licensing settlement was reached with Intel. In this five-year battle, the industry described it as a "battle between David and Goliath." Surviving the patent litigation

In 2005

The C7-M processor was launched for the mobile market and became the industry's attention-grabbing choice for its excellent mobility and power consumption control

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PowerSaver Technology obtained the energy-saving certification from the China Bid Certification Center (CSC), becoming the first technology that can effectively reduce processor power consumption tested by the China Energy-Saving Certification Center

2006

Launched the world's first carbon-free and oxygen-purifying processor, the C7-D processor, with green and energy-saving technical features once again highlighted

Released the Mini-ITX motherboard, and the 17cm × 17cm specification became the industry standard , the highly integrated technology concept of "Small is beautiful" has won industry recognition

Sponsored and supported the 15th National Children and Youth Computer Competition, thus kicking off four consecutive years of cooperation and interaction with the competition

With the vertical integration of the three major business divisions of CPU Platform, System Platform and MCE, we fully attack the chip design market

In 2007,

Be the first to launch Ultra Mobile Device ) platform, attracting more than 30 domestic and foreign partners with its powerful low-power, high-integration technology, leading the trend in the global ultra-mobile field

Nano-ITX motherboards, Pico-ITX motherboards and Mobile-ITX motherboards have been launched one after another , each generation of motherboard design is more than 50% smaller than the previous generation.

Released the Eden processor with a peak power consumption of only 1 watt, becoming the world's most energy-efficient x86 CPU

Announced as its Pays for the carbon emissions of processor products, becoming the first Chinese company in the world to openly purchase carbon emissions

In 2008

Sponsored the "Vision Beijing International Director" to support the promotion of the Olympic city "Photograph Beijing" activity, five Beijing city promotional videos were officially broadcast to the world

Released China's first 65-nanometer, 64-bit computing Nano "Linglong" processor, which has the highest performance at the same power consumption level in the world The best-performing CPU

Donated 2 million yuan to the Wenchuan earthquake-stricken area in Sichuan, and injected an initial capital of 30 million yuan to establish the "VIA Trust, Hope and Love Foundation" to actively participate in the post-earthquake reconstruction of the disaster-stricken area

2009

The Nano "Linglong" processor gained domestic and foreign partners such as Samsung and Tsinghua Tongfang, and successfully broke through Intel's monopoly and entered Lenovo's mobile computing product supply chain

Won the "Zhongguancun 20 Years Outstanding Contribution to Innovation and Development Award" awarded by the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government

Nano processor platform has become the choice of Dell's high-density servers, and VIA's leading green computing technology is applied in cloud computing Attracting the industry's attention.

Achieved a strategic partnership with China Telecom, demonstrating VIA's strong strength in the field of mobile communication chips, targeting 3G

2011

VIA Trust, Hope and Love The public welfare foundation donated 180 million yuan to build Guizhou Shenghua Vocational College