VIA Hyperion 4in1 Drivers offer a blistering performance boost of up to 15% across VIA platforms while maintaining rock-solid stability

Taipei, Taiwan, 12 December 2002 - VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced the extension of its unified driver strategy with the release of the performance-optimized VIA Hyperion 4in1 drivers.

The VIA Hyperion 4in1 drivers have been designed to exploit the cutting edge features of VIA’s latest chipset platforms, such as AGP8X and V-Link 8X, to deliver the most powerful and stable computing experience to end-users. The VIA Hyperion 4in1 drivers support all mainstream operating systems, including Microsoft® Windows® XP, 2000, ME and 98, as well as OpenGL® and Microsoft DirectX® APIs, and are available for free download at VIA Arena, the premier technical support and information resource for VIA products, at http://www.viaarena.com.



“VIA’s pioneering unified approach to driver support has been a huge success in ensuring stability and compatibility across VIA chipset based platforms,” said Richard Brown, Director of Marketing, VIA Technologies, Inc. “With the launch of the VIA Hyperion 4in1 drivers we have extended our software focus to performance with the AGP8X enabled VIA Apollo KT400 and VIA Apollo P4X400 benefiting from performance increases of up to 15% even in the most demanding 3D applications.”

The VIA Hyperion 4in1 driver set will be released in the same way as the normal VIA 4in1 service pack, containing drivers for critical components of the full range of VIA chipsets making for one easy download. Further extending the ease-of-use policy, VIA continues to strive for extra performance in the Hyperion 4in1 driver set, whilst maintaining their renowned stability. In internal testing using AGP8X enabled VIA Apollo KT400 and VIA Apollo P4X400 chipset based platforms, the VIA Hyperion 4in1 driver set offers performance boosts across a whole spectrum of 3D benchmarks, including increases of up to 15% in the industry standard Quake III application. This extension of the 4in1 service pack’s function was fueled by consumer demand and feedback provided in the extensive technical support forums hosted on VIA Arena (forums.viaarena.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 http://www.via.com.tw.