VIA Technologies Inc., a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions announced today that the company has launched an entire chipset solution supporting the transition to socket AM2 by AMD.

Optimized for a complete range of AMD Opteron, Athlon 64, Athlon 64 FX, and Sempron processors, VIA K8 Series chipsets contain the VIA K8T900 and K8T890 solutions, as well as the VIA K8M890 integrated graphics chipset.

In addition to the latest VIA VT8251 South Bridge, the VIA K8 Series chipsets offer edge connectivity with support for an additional two x1 PCI Express connections, four SATA 3.0Gb/s connections with VIA V-RAID support, and the VIA Vinyl Audio suite, including compatibility with High Definition audio.

"VIA is proud to continue our strong collaboration with AMD and support their continued leadership with the acclaimed line of AMD Athlon 64 and AMD Sempron processors," stated Chewei Lin, Vice President of Product Marketing, VIA Technologies, Inc.
"With leading top-to-bottom solutions for the AMD platform, VIA is well positioned to strengthen our standing as a premier supplier of solutions for the AMD platform."

VIA's latest chipset - VIA K8M890 - is designed to meet the requirements of the upcoming Windows Vista operating system and rising high definition video requirements.

Integrating support for the latest PCI Express graphics cards and high speed peripheral devices, the VIA K8M890 chipset generates a powerful platform for OEMs and System Integrators.

"By enabling a top-to-bottom transition of our AMD Athlon 64 FX, AMD Athlon 64 X2, AMD Athlon 64 and AMD Sempron product lines around socket AM2 and by working jointly with allies like VIA, we can maintain our competitive edge through technology leadership and the benefits delivered to customers," said Bob Brewer, corporate vice president, Desktop Division, AMD.

"With VIA's full range of chipsets compatible with socket AM2 platforms, we feel very confident we can offer customer-focused solutions through open industry standards and leading-edge technologies."