Beginning of recovery? Via chipset sales up 10% in February
Via Says February Revenue Rose 10% Over January to NT$3.3 Bln
3/1/01 3:01 AM
Source:Bloomberg News
Taipei, March 1 (Bloomberg) -- Via Technologies Inc., Taiwan's biggest chip designer by sales, said revenue last month rose a tenth from January because of improved sales.
Revenue in February rose to NT$3.3 billion ($102 million). Via said its chipsets, which connect all the components of a computer's motherboard, accounted for more than four-fifths of February sales.
''Demand for chipsets have improved, especially for our products that are compatible with'' Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s processors, said Manuela Mercandelli, a Via spokeswomen. Via's chipsets are able to run Intel Corp. and AMD technologies.
Via is also designing central processing units, the brains of a computer, as well as helping integrate graphic components into its core designs on a computer motherboard.
The company is pushing for the acceptance of so-called double data rate chips as a new, faster memory standard for computers.
Via shares fell NT$7, or 2.4 percent, to NT$286. Last month, the stock performed the best among the 50 largest Taiwan companies by market value, up 11 percent
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