Editing VIA Technologies (section)

{{Short description|Taiwanese chipsets manufacturer}}
{{More citations needed|date=April 2008}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox company
| name = VIA Technologies, Inc.<br />威盛電子
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{TSE|2388}}
| foundation = {{start date and age|1987}}<br />[[Fremont, California]], United States
| location_city = [[New Taipei City]]
| location_country = [[Taiwan]], [[Republic of China|ROC]]
| key_people = 
| industry = {{Unbulleted list|Computer Hardware|Custom Embedded Electronics}}
| products = [[Chipset]]s, [[motherboard]]s, [[Central processing unit|CPUs]]
| revenue = <ref name="Revenue">{{cite web |title=VIA Technologies 2017 Annual Report |url=https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/via-corporate/via-financials/annual/Annual+2017+in+Eng.pdf |website=s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com |access-date=6 December 2018}}</ref>
| operating_income = 
| net_income = 
| num_employees = 2,000<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.viatech.com/en/about/investor-relations/ir-faq/#:~:text=VIA%20employs%20approximately%202%2C000%20staff,at%20least%20a%20college%20degree.|title=Investor Relations FAQ -|date=4 August 2015 }}</ref>
| homepage = {{URL|https://www.viatech.com/en/|ViaTech.com}}
}}

'''VIA Technologies, Inc.''' ({{zh|c=威盛電子|p=Wēishèng Diànzǐ}}) is a Taiwanese manufacturer of [[integrated circuit]]s, mainly [[motherboard]] [[chipset]]s, [[Central processing unit|CPUs]], and [[computer memory|memory]]. It was once the world's largest independent manufacturer of motherboard chipsets.{{Citation needed|date=June 2017}} As a [[fabless semiconductor company]], VIA conducts research and development of its chipsets in-house, then subcontracts the actual ([[silicon]]) manufacturing to third-party merchant foundries such as [[TSMC]].

VIA is also the [[parent company]] of '''VIA Labs Inc.''' (VLI, {{zh|c=威鋒電子}}). As an independently traded [[subsidiary]],<ref name="bloomberg.com">{{cite web|title=6756: VIA Labs Inc Stock Price Quote - Taiwan - Bloomberg|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/6756:TT|website=[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]]}}</ref> VLI develops and markets [[USB 3]], [[USB 4]], [[USB Type-C]], and [[USB PD]] controllers for computer peripherals and mobile devices.<ref name="nilsson2010">{{cite web|title=USB 3.0 Q&A with VIA Labs|date=Dec 9, 2010|author=Lars-Göran Nilsson|url=https://www.semiaccurate.com/2010/12/09/usb-30-q-labs/|website=[[SemiAccurate]]}}</ref>