Intel forces rival VIA to stop producing CPUs

Intel giant Intel is pressuring Taiwanese rival VIA Technologies to leave the CPU market. In return, Intel will allow VIA to continue manufacturing computer chipsets based on technology from Intel, an unnamed official from Via said.

Intel and VIA officials both declined to comment on this information.

Most of VIA's revenue comes from chipsets, but the profit generated by the chip is also growing rapidly. The tiny, cheap chips of the company are being used by a lot of hardware companies, especially with handheld computers, popular notebooks, communication servers .; With these shortages, the price is low, the power consumption is the most important factor.

Source: Bowland.ca Very slowly, VIA's CPU won some orders from Intel. The first nine months of this year, the company achieved a record profit of 22.5 million, compared with a loss of 18 million USD last year.

Over the past decade, VIA has struggled with controversy with Intel giants for allegedly illegally using Intel technology in its chipset products. This dispute has negatively impacted VIA's relations with computer and motherboard manufacturers, and VIA's loss of significant market share in the European chipset market is also inevitable.

In April 2003, Intel granted VIA a 4-year license, allowing the use of the chipset technology that the two parties are disputing. However, it is likely that after this agreement is over, VIA will no longer be able to produce its flagship product line.

Some experts have begun to think about the possibility that VIA will stop producing CPUs in exchange for a license to produce chipsets from Intel. Recently, the company has conducted an important reform, separating the CPU and chipset divisions. This move will help VIA sell CPU parts easily, in case that situation really happens.

So far, VIA's revenue has been 32% higher than in 2005. The most notable VIA CPU products are the Samsung Q1P and an Everex Notebook that is described as "the world's most energy-efficient laptop".

Trong Cam