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Friday 27 March 2009
Nvidia may take up VIA shares through private placement, say sources
VIA Technologies plans to sell 300 million new shares at a price ranging from NT$9-12 (US$0.27-0.35) per share through private placement, the company has announced. Nvidia is reportedly...
Monday 23 March 2009
Intel pushes netbook standards in China to compete against VIA, says paper
Intel is pushing netbook standards in China's white-box netbook market hoping to compete against VIA Technologies' netbook alliance, according to a Chinese-language Commercial...
Thursday 19 March 2009
VIA unveils Surfboard for mini-notebooks
VIA Technologies has announced the VIA Surfboard C855 reference design, an ultra-compact mainboard incorporating the VIA C7-M ULV processor, the new VIA VX855 unified IGP chipset,...
Friday 13 March 2009
Intel suppling Atom N270 to white-box netbook makers in China, says paper
Intel has recently started supplying its Atom N270 processor to white-box netbook vendors in China, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report. Since the N270...
Friday 13 March 2009
VIA announces VX855 MSP for SFF and mobile PCs
VIA Technologies has announced the VIA VX855 media system processor (MSP) – a power efficient, all-in-one chipset that addresses the key performance and entertainment requirements...
Wednesday 11 March 2009
Foxconn to join VIA-led alliance for white-box netbooks
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has applied to participate in VIA Technologies' Global Mobility Bazaar (GMB), a strategic alliance targeting China's white-box netbook...
Friday 6 March 2009
Integrated graphics chip market to disappear by 2012, says Jon Peddie Research
Jon Peddie Research (JPR) has announced a new study that indicates the end of the market for IGPs.
Wednesday 4 March 2009
IC backend suppliers see sales rebound on resumed orders
IC substrate makers Phoenix Precision Technology (PPT) and Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board (NPC), and packaging house Greatek Electronics are all seeing improved utilization rates thanks...
Tuesday 3 March 2009
VIA unveils a new form factor smaller than Mini-ITX
VIA Technologies has announced its latest board form factor for embedded system developers, the Em-ITX form factor. Offering embedded developers a compact, versatile and highly integrated...
Monday 2 March 2009
IC distributors developing white-box netbook reference designs with SiRF CPUs
Taiwan IC distributors are developing white-box netebook reference designs based on SiRF's A4 chipsets, according to market sources.
Friday 27 February 2009
Taiwan IC designers ahead in China white-box notebook market
The monthly shipments of white-box notebooks to the China market have reached over 200,000 units, attracting more IC designers to join this market. But Taiwan IC designers have taken...
Friday 20 February 2009
Nvidia confirms Ion platform for VIA, scheduled for release in 2009
Jen-Hsun Huang, president and CEO of Nvidia, has revealed to Digitimes that Nvidia will launch an Ion platform (Ion 2) supporting VIA Technologies' Nano CPUs in 2009. The platform...
Friday 20 February 2009
Nvidia CEO speaks out against Intel lawsuit
Intel recently filed a lawsuit with the Court of Chancery in the state of Delaware against Nvidia, asking the court to declare that Nvidia is not licensed to produce chipsets that...
Wednesday 18 February 2009
Lenovo adopts Nvidia Ion platform for over-10-inch netbooks, says paper
Lenovo plans to launch 11.6-inch and 12.1-inch netbooks combining Intel's Atom processor and Nvidia's Ion platform in the second quarter of this year, according to a Chinese-language...
Monday 16 February 2009
IC distributors developing white-box notebook reference designs
Some IC distributors are aggressively setting up their own R&D teams to provide reference designs to notebook designers and manufacturers targeting China's white-box notebook...