VIA Takes Aim At UMPC Market

[HardOCP News]

According to DigiTImes, VIA is restructuring its business and taking aim at the Ultra-Mobile PCs market. VIA’s CEO is expecting solid growth in the segment in 2007 and “explosive growth” in 2008 – 2008.

VIA showcased two UMPCs, which use VIA's C7-M 1GHz processor at a press event in Taiwan today and Chen said there will be more VIA-based UMPCs available in the market next year. The global market for UMPCs will reach 130 million units next year, Chen estimated.