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VIA Technologies Inc.

VIA is in the Technology Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$712.8M
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Dow Jones Description

Designer, Engineer & Manufacturer of System Logic Chip Sets & Associated Peripherals for Computers

President & CEO
WenChi Chen
Number of Employees 1,709
Contact Information

8F 533 Chung Cheng Rd

Taipei 231

www.viatech.com

(886) 222185452

NAICS Code Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing: 334413

Recent Events

  • VIA Introduces New VIA Nano 3000 Series Processors

    11/04/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Stockguru.com: Opti Inc. is in the StockGuru Spotlight for October 5, 2009

    10/05/09 - Lawsuit Filed - View Story

  • VIA Partners Unveil New NetNote Designs that Highlight HD Content, Digital TV and External MP3...

    9/27/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • VIA unveils its 1080p-playing SurfBoard NetNote, we'll still call it a netbook

    9/16/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Via adopts Sequans' mobile WiMax chip

    9/11/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • CEVA, Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript

    7/29/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • VIA Eden One Watt Processor Brings Power-Efficiency to Fujitsu Thin Clients

    7/24/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

News & Analysis

media and via technologies inc. - All News and Analysis

  • Viacom Initiated with Outperform Rating

    Seeking Alpha - 2009-12-02

    Zacks.com submits: We initiate coverage for Viacom Inc. VIA with an Outperform recommendation. Viacom is a leading entertainment content company that operates primarily in the U.S. and Europe. The company’s third quarter 2009 financial results were significantly above the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Effective cost control measures have...

    Tags: Media, Zacks.com, VIA Technologies Inc., Viacom Inc.

  • Viacom Q3: Encouraging Results

    Seeking Alpha - 2009-11-03

    Zacks.com submits: Viacom Inc. VIA Tuesday declared encouraging results for the third quarter. Quarterly net income from continuing operation was $443 million or 73 cents per share, compared to $385 million or 62 cents per share in the prior-year quarter. However, third-quarter adjusted (excluding one-time discrete tax benefit)...

    Tags: Media, Zacks.com, VIA Technologies Inc., Viacom Inc.

  • Earnings Preview: Viacom

    Seeking Alpha - 2009-11-02

    Viacom VIA is expected to report Q3 earnings before the market open on Tuesday, November 4 with a conference call scheduled for 8:30 am ET. Guidance Analysts are looking for a profit of 57c on revenue of $3.3B. The consensus range is 52c-61c for EPS, and...

    Tags: Media, theflyonthewall.com, VIA Technologies Inc., Viacom Inc.

  • Viacom: Overall, Q2 a Win

    Seeking Alpha - 2009-07-29

    Steve Birenberg submits: Viacom VIA reported mixed 2Q09 results with adjusted EPS of 49 cents matching expectations on $3.3 billion in revenues, which were $200 million light of expectations. The revenue shortfall came from the Paramount movie studio and Rock Band which are less important aspects of the...

    Tags: Media, Steve Birenberg, VIA Technologies Inc., Viacom Inc.

  • Earnings Watch: Viacom and DreamWorks Animation

    Seeking Alpha - 2009-07-29

    Seth Gilbert submits: Tuesday, Viacom VIA delivered some good news. The company said its premium movie channel joint venture, Epix (developed jointly with Lionsgate LGF and MGM), has signed a carrier deal with Verizon VZ. Viacom also said it was “very pleased” with advance bidding (called “up...

    Tags: Media, Seth Gilbert, DreamWorks SKG, VIA Technologies Inc., Viacom Inc.

Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
WenChi Chen President & CEO
Miller Chen Cfo
Tzu Mu Lin Senior Vice President, Res & Development Engineering
Tzu-Mu Lin Senior Vice President, R & D Engineering
Richard Brown Vice President of Marketing, Via Technologies, Inc
John Gatt Director, Marketing
Andre Chen Software Engineer
Chris Bennetts International Marketing Specialist
Jayan Ramankutty

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Cher Wang Chairman

Organization Position Status
VIA Technologies, Inc. President & CEO Current

Organization Position Status
VIA Technologies, Inc. Cfo Current

Organization Position Status
VIA Technologies, Inc. Senior Vice President, Res & Development Engineering Current

Organization Position Status
VIA Technologies, Inc. Senior Vice President, R & D Engineering Current

Organization Position Status
VIA Technologies, Inc. Vice President of Marketing, Via Technologies, Inc Current

Organization Position Status
VIA Technologies, Inc. Director, Marketing Current

Andre is a self-taught programmer who holds master degree in mathematics of Taiwan National Central University . He started his career as a game programmer at Gamania Inc. ( http://www.gamania.com/ ) in 2002. After gained some basic 3D programming concepts, he quickly delved into shading language and he is now familiar with both OpenGL and Direct3D shader programming(He was also a proof reader of ShaderX2). He is currently a software engineer of Graphics Architecture team at VIA Technologies, Inc. ( http://www.viatech.com/ ). A leading innovator and developer of PC core logic chipsets, microprocessors, communication and multimedia graphics chips.

Organization Position Status
VIA Technologies, Inc. Software Engineer Current
Shaderx Current
SHADERX4 Current

Organization Position Status
VIA Technologies, Inc. International Marketing Specialist Current

Jayan Ramankutty ('71) is Vice President of Cypress Semiconductor's Data Communications division, and co-founder and Director of Empowertel. Jayan was founder, President and COO of Lara Networks, Inc., which he sold to Cypress Semiconductor in 2000. He has held various senior level technical and management positions in Alliance Semiconductor, VIA Technologies and Elxsi. He also founded, and sold Nimbus Technology to Alliance Semiconductor prior to going IPO. Jayan has over 18 years of extensive experience in the field of research, design and development of large, multi-processor computer systems, complex ASICs and SoCs targeted towards networking and telecommunication markets. Jayan holds an MS in Computer Engineering from San Jose State University and a BE (Hons) EEE from BITS.

Organization Position Status
ELXSI Corporation Current
VIA Technologies, Inc. Current
Bitsaa Chair, Projects & Disbursements Current
Lara Networks, Inc. Founder, President Former
Alliance Semiconductor Corp. Founder Former
San Jose State University Ms In Computer Engineering Former

Organization Position Status
VIA Technologies, Inc. Chairman Current

Executive News

  • Audio Codecs support Blu-ray disc audio content protection.

    ThomasNet - 5/29/09 - View Story

  • CyberLink Partners With VIA To Deliver Lossless HD Audio Playback

    CDRLabs.com - 5/28/09 - View Story

  • Dell`s New "Ultra-Light" Server Offers Extreme Density and Lowest Power Draw in the Industry

    Reuters - 5/19/09 - View Story

  • Dell's New "Ultra-Light" Server Offers Extreme Density and Lowest Power Draw in the Industry

    Forbes.com - 5/19/09 - View Story

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