VIA Technologies

VIA Technologies Inc. (Chinese: 威盛電子; pinyin: Wēishèng Diànzǐ), is a Taiwanese manufacturer of integrated circuits, mainly motherboard chipsets, CPUs, and memory. It was 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.

VIA Technologies Inc.
威盛電子
Company typePublic
TWSE: 2388
Industry
  • Computer Hardware
  • Custom Embedded Electronics
Founded1987 (1987)
Fremont, California, United States
Headquarters
New Taipei City
,
Taiwan, ROC
ProductsChipsets, motherboards, CPUs
Revenue
Number of employees
2,000
WebsiteViaTech.com

VIA is also the parent company of VIA Labs Inc. (VLI, Chinese: 威鋒電子). As an independently-traded subsidiary, VLI develops and markets USB 3, USB 4, USB Type-C, and USB PD controllers for computer peripherals and mobile devices.

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