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VIA Quits Motherboard Chipset Business

Posted by timothy on from the sea-change dept.

arcticstoat writes "Following the media hit that was VIA's Nano processor, VIA says that it's now quitting the motherboard chipset business that used to be its bread and butter product for years. VIA's vice president of corporate marketing in Taiwan, Richard Brown, explained that: 'Intel provides the vast majority of chipsets for its processors and, following its purchase of ATI, AMD is also moving very quickly in the same direction.' VIA will still be developing chipsets for integrated motherboards featuring the Nano CPU, but will no longer produce chipsets for Intel and AMD CPUs. Was this the right decision, and where does this leave other third-party chipset manufacturers such as SiS?" Seems like this is a tough business to stick around in.

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  1. VIAgra by geekmux · · Score: 1, Funny

    I still get a chuckle opening up old PCs and finding the infamous VIAgra logo. Just imagine the marketing possibilities. Gives a whole new meaning to the (hard)core gamer.

    1. Re:VIAgra by geekmux · · Score: 2, Funny

      Or to (hard)ware.

      Death to the floppy!

      (Sorry, I just couldn't resist...)

  2. My nemesis is dead! by Coolhand2120 · · Score: 3, Funny

    From hell's heart I stab at thee!

    I hate VIA if you didn't gather that already. I've spent more time puzzling over ACPI, bus mastering, faulty IRQ sharing, piss poor drivers that VIA has made than all other OEM's put together. Even if you have a fully functional Intel chipset board /w Intel chip and Intel video card - add a VIA USB card and POOF! There goes your stability. All I can hope for is that they go completely out of business and perhaps have a few higher-ups in the company spontaneously combust.

  3. Editors? by Godji · · Score: 4, Funny

    Although VIA will still be developing chipsets for integrated motherboards featuring the Nano CPU, but will no longer produce chipsets for Intel and AMD CPUs.

    Although this contradicts the headline directly, but it is also gramatically incorrect.

    1. Re:Editors? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Wow, that's like so impresivelly well mis-said, nor lacking in factuality!

  4. BIM had this problem by moteyalpha · · Score: 2, Funny

    Some small company named BIM had this problem and I remember some other letters too, VLB , MCA. I could be a little dislicex today but I do seem to remember that BIM made a mess of that business when they tried to create a monopoly in the MCA. Perhaps Intel will make the same mistake as his father Lord Vader.