VIA Celebrates 5th Birthday of EPIA Mini-ITX Mainboards
Five years ago today, VIA Technologies, Inc. launched the first EPIA mainboards through its VIA Platform Solutions Division (VPSD) based on the Mini-ITX form factor it had invented three months earlier the smallest, most integrated standard PC platform in the world, with global channel availability announced in April 2002. This launch has proved the catalyst for a Big Bang of small form factor innovation among industry players and enthusiasts alike.
VIAs success has been in consistently anticipating market trends, and we realized back then that the PC industry was in desperate need of a breakthrough product to spur innovation on the x86 platform. The Mini-ITX mainboard proved to be that breakthrough, said Richard Brown, VP of Corporate Marketing, VIA Technologies, Inc. VIAs continued innovation to the standards of integration and miniaturization seen today at both the silicon and platform levels is testament to our engineering excellence, our vision of where the market is heading and our commitment to driving new industry standards.
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