VIA Announces July Sales of Over US$ 53 million
VIA posts 18.5% increase in sales revenues despite
continued uncertain market conditions
Taipei, Taiwan, 1st August 2002 - VIA Technologies,
Inc., a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC
platform solutions, today announced net sales for July 2002 of NT$ 1.81 billion
(US$ 53.77 million approximately).
On a sequential basis, this monthly sales revenue
represents an 18.48% increase over June's figure of NT$ 1.53 billion (US$ 45.4
million approximately).
"These results reflect continued strong execution across
all our product lines despite the uncertain market conditions," said Richard
Brown, Director of Marketing at VIA Technologies, Inc. "We are confident that
through our Project Canaan diversification strategy we are building a stronger,
broader based company able to focus on both core and emerging market segments."
Table 1: VIA July Sales Revenue
Net Sales 2002* 2002* 2001* 2001* Y-on-Y Change (%)
July 1,814,721 53,770 2,534,902 75,108 -28.41%
January through July 14,446,314 428,039 20,846,628
617,678
-30.70%
* In thousands of NT dollars
· In thousands of US dollars (conversion US$1 = NT$
33.75)
About VIA Technologies, Inc.
VIA Technologies, Inc. is a leading innovator and
developer of PC core logic chipsets, microprocessors, and multimedia, optical
storage, communication and networking chips. VIA delivers value to the PC
industry by designing, marketing, and selling high-performance VIA Apollo core
logic chipsets for the full range of PC platforms, and cost-effective VIA C3(tm)
processors for Value PCs and Internet Appliances, as well as developing complete
solutions for the PC platform through its VPSD Business Unit. Its customers
include the world's top OEMs, mainboard manufacturers, and system integrators.
VIA is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, at the center of the Greater China
high-tech manufacturing engine, and has branch offices in the US, China and
Europe. The company is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE2388), and
achieved annual revenues of nearly US$1 billion in 2001. Additional information
can be found at
www.via.com.tw.
