New VIA P4PB 266E mainboard enables support for the
latest high-speed 533MHz FSB Intel® Pentium® 4 processors, USB 2.0, and high
quality six channel audio

Taipei, Taiwan, 25 July 2002
- VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of
silicon chip technologies and PC platform
solutions, today announced the VIA P4PB
266E mainboard for the Intel® Pentium® 4 processor platform, the first
motherboard from VIA to feature the highly versatile VIA Apollo P4X266E
chipset.     

The VIA P4PB 266E offers the
performance and feature set necessary to stay abreast in today’s dynamic
computing environment. Based on the VIA Apollo P4X266E chipset, the successor of
the highly acclaimed Apollo P4X266A, the P4PB 266E mainboard features 533MHz
front side bus support for the latest high-speed Intel® Pentium® 4 processors
and the rich 2D/3D graphics performance of AGP4X, as well as supporting today’s
“must have” features such as DDR266 SDRAM memory, USB 2.0, six channel audio,
and ATA/133.

The six USB 2.0 ports on the
VIA P4PB 266E enable seamless connectivity to all the latest high speed
multimedia devices and peripherals such as digital video cameras, MP3 players,
and the next generation of scanners and printers while also providing backwards
compatibility with established USB 1.1 standard devices.

An onboard VIA VT1616 audio
codec provides six channels of studio quality, crisp, digital surround sound and
supports both optical and S/PDIF outputs. The P4PB 266E is bundled with a S/PDIF
connector bracket that fits neatly into any available PC chassis I/O expansion
slot. The S/PDIF brackets enables digital to digital signal transfers between
devices thus eliminating the signal degradation associated with traditional
analog audio.

An onboard Smart Card
connector enables easy implementation of PC Smart Card reader solutions. Smart
Card solutions offer businesses, government, and individuals the highest level
of security for applications such as online transactions, credit cards,
electronics cash and identification cards. Smart Card implementation continues
to grow as organizations continue to move
towards storing and releasing information via networks, Intranets, extranets and
the Internet.   

“The VIA P4PB 266E mainboard
features all the essential performance and connectivity technologies to enable
our customers to maximize their technology investments in today’s highly
unpredictable business environment,” commented Richard Brown, Director of
Marketing at VIA Technologies, Inc. “It provides a high performance yet
affordable platform for building market-leading PC systems.”

FliteDeck™ Firmware Suite

VIA P4PB 266E mainboard users
enjoy the added benefit of VPSD’s FliteDeck™ bundle. FliteDeck is an extensive
system management suite that empowers the user by enabling full system control
through an easy to use Windows®-based management suite. FliteDeck enables
advanced features such as overclocking, CPU fan speed and temperature monitoring
and BIOS updates. FliteDeck comprises four utilities, MissionControl, JetStream,
FlashPort, and SysProbe. For more information on the FliteDeck suite of software
and firmware applications please visit our website at:

http://www.viavpsd.com/product/FliteDeck_spec.jsp

VIA P4PB 266E Pricing and Availability

The VIA P4PB 266E is
available now through VPSD global distribution partners. Pricing information is
available on request. For further details please visit our website http://www.viavpsd.com

About VIA Platform Solutions
Division

VPSD brings to market a wide
selection of VIA branded products and platforms for building high-performance
PCs, workstations and servers, as well as facilitating the rapid development of
an exciting new generation of desktop and mobile Information PCs, Information
Servers, and Information Stations in line with VIA's "Total Connectivity"
vision. Products offered by VPSD include a complete line of high performance
mainboard solutions based on the industry-leading VIA Apollo P4X400, P4X266E,
and P4M266 chipsets, and the innovative new VIA EPIA mainboard based on the
ultra compact mini-ITX form factor. Detailed product information about the
complete VPSD product line is available at the VPSD website at

www.viavpsd.com.

About VIA Technologies, Inc.

VIA
Technologies, Inc. is a leading innovator and developer of PC core logic
chipsets, microprocessors, and multimedia, communications, optical media 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™ 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.