VIA Announces April Sales Results

Taipei, Taiwan, 2nd May 2005 – VIA Technologies, Inc., a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced net sales for April 2005 of NT$1.32 billion (US$42.25 million approximately). On a sequential basis, this monthly sales revenue represents a 0.73% increase over March’s figure of NT$1.31 billion (US$41.95 million approximately) VIA April Sales Revenue

Net Sales	2005*	2005•	2004*	2004•	Y-on-Y Change (%)
April	1,321,275	42,254	1,524,407	48,750	-13.33%
January through April	5,209,552	166,599	5,838,798	186,722	-10.78%

*In thousands of NT dollars

**In thousands of US dollars (conversion US$1 = NT$ 31.27)

About VIA Technologies, Inc.

VIA Technologies, Inc. (TSE 2388) is the foremost fabless supplier of market-leading core logic chipsets, low power x86 processors, advanced connectivity, multimedia, networking and storage silicon, and complete platform solutions that are driving system innovation in the PC and embedded markets. Headquartered in Taipei , Taiwan , VIA’s global network links the high tech centers of the US , Europe and Asia , and its customer base includes the world’s top OEMs, motherboard vendors and system integrators. www.viatech.com.