VIA Technologies

Taiwanese chipset manufacturer
Organization business Q633839
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VIA Technologies

Summary

VIA Technologies is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,751 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • VIA Technologies is in the country of Taiwan[3].
  • VIA Technologies is in the country of TW[4].
  • VIA Technologies's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • VIA Technologies's instance of is recorded as enterprise[6].
  • VIA Technologies's instance of is recorded as public company[7].
  • VIA Technologies's founder is recorded as Cher Wang[8].
  • VIA Technologies followed Cyrix[9].
  • VIA Technologies's headquarters location is recorded as New Taipei[10].
  • VIA Technologies's child organization or unit is recorded as WonderMedia[11].
  • VIA Technologies's Commons category is recorded as VIA Technologies[12].
  • VIA Technologies's stock exchange is recorded as Taiwan Stock Exchange[13].
  • VIA Technologies's industry is recorded as electronics industry[14].
  • 1987 marks the founding of VIA Technologies[15].
  • 1992-09-21 marks the founding of VIA Technologies[16].
  • VIA Technologies's parent organization or unit is recorded as Formosa Plastics Group[17].
  • VIA Technologies's official website is recorded as https://www.viatech.com/[18].
  • VIA Technologies's official website is recorded as https://www.viatech.com/tw/[19].
  • VIA Technologies's official website is recorded as https://www.viatech.com/ja/[20].
  • VIA Technologies's official website is recorded as https://www.viatech.com.cn/[21].
  • VIA Technologies's topic's main category is recorded as Category:VIA Technologies[22].
  • VIA Technologies's email address is recorded as mailto:embedded@via.com.tw[23].
  • VIA Technologies's product or material produced is recorded as software[24].
  • VIA Technologies's phone number is recorded as +886-2-2218-5452[25].
  • VIA Technologies's phone number is recorded as +39-342-5754296[26].
  • VIA Technologies's phone number is recorded as +1-510-687-4688[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 5299002SBIE6B075LQ70[28]

  • Registered legal name: 威盛電子股份有限公司[29]

  • Legal jurisdiction: TW[30]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): TD8P[32]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[33]

  • LEI registration status: ISSUED[34]

  • Entity created: 1992-09-21[35]

  • LEI first registered: 2024-08-15[36]

  • LEI last updated: 2026-07-13[37]

  • LEI next renewal: 2027-08-15[38]

  • Managing LOU: 5299000J2N45DDNE4Y28[39]

  • Registration authority: RA000551[40]

  • Authority entity ID: 86870786[41]

  • Other names: wei sheng dian zi gu fen you xian gong si, Via Technologies, Inc.[42]

  • Conformity flag: CONFORMING[43]

Body

Founding

VIA Technologies's founder is recorded as Cher Wang[8]. Recorded inception include 1987[15] and 1992-09-21[16].

Identity

VIA Technologies followed Cyrix[9].

Operations

VIA Technologies's headquarters location is recorded as New Taipei[10]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Formosa Plastics Group[17]. Its child organization or unit is recorded as WonderMedia[11].

Industry

VIA Technologies's industry is recorded as electronics industry[14].

Ownership

VIA Technologies's stock exchange is recorded as Taiwan Stock Exchange[13]. Its product or material produced is recorded as software[24].

Why It Matters

VIA Technologies ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,751 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

It is credited with the discovery of Mini-ITX[46], a motherboard form factor[47].

FAQs

What did VIA Technologies discover?

VIA Technologies is credited as discoverer of Mini-ITX[46].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . viatech.com. Retrieved . viatech.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . viatech.com. Retrieved . viatech.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . viatech.com. Retrieved . viatech.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . viatech.com. Retrieved . viatech.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . viatech.com. Retrieved . viatech.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . facebook.com. Retrieved . facebook.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . National Software Reference Library. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . viatech.com. Retrieved . viatech.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . viatech.com. Retrieved . viatech.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . viatech.com. Retrieved . viatech.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [34] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [35] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [36] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [37] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [38] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [39] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [40] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [41] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [42] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  16. [43] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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