Asynchronous bus architecture enables power users to fully optimize their system settings for the ultimate PC gaming and entertainment experience

Taipei, Taiwan, May 6, 2004 - VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced the launch of the VIA K8T800 Pro, further expanding its range of market-leading chipset solutions for the AMD64 processor platform.

The VIA K8T800 Pro features an advanced new asynchronous bus architecture, which allows for improved system optimization options and enables power users to squeeze the very most out of their AMD Athlon™ 64 and Athlon 64 FX processor based systems. This new architecture enables the AGP and PCI buses to be locked in the event of the system’s front side bus or clock multiplier being tweaked for faster performance, essentially providing a highly stable overclocking platform.

“The new VIA K8T800 Pro builds on the success of the market-leading VIA K8T800,” commented Richard Brown, Associate Vice President of Marketing, VIA Technologies, Inc. “With its asynchronous architecture and rich feature set, it sets the new standard for chipset performance and scalability on the AMD64 processor platform, providing the ultimate gaming and entertainment experience for the today’s highly demanding power user.”

About the VIA K8T800 Pro Chipset

Designed to support a complete range of AMD Athlon 64, Athlon 64 FX, and Opteron processors, the VIA K8T800 Pro leverages VIA’s Hyper8 technology to enable a high bandwidth HyperTransport processor-to-chipset link, ensuring that all AMD64 processor-based systems can achieve their full performance potential.

In combination with the market-leading VIA VT8237 South Bridge and a broad array of VIA companion chips, the VIA K8T800 Pro chipset provides the most comprehensive range of storage, multimedia and connectivity features available for the AMD64 processor platform today, including native Serial ATA and V-RAID, 6-channel or 8-channel VIA Vinyl audio, VIA Velocity™ Gigabit Ethernet, USB2.0, and 1394.

The VIA K8T800 Pro is part of VIA's unique Modular Architecture Platform (V-MAP), which minimizes design times and time-to-market for motherboard partners through a flexible, pin-compatible design approach for VIA core-logic solutions. Motherboard partners are able to cover multiple market segments with fewer design resources, and also benefit from a single unified driver base.

The VIA K8T800 Pro is shipping to customers now, and motherboards featuring the chipset will be available from all the world’s leading mainboard makers