It is unlikely that VIA company can be called an influential player in the segment of x86-compatible processors, but it still does not lose optimism, according to the publication DigiTimes. According to company management, it is not going to leave the market for x86-compatible processors, and a license agreement with Intel remains in force until 2018.
Moreover, with the support of the authorities in Shanghai VIA company develops new x86-based processors and graphics solutions, which should reach the market in the second half of 2015. This should allow VIA return to the PC market, whereas now its processors stable demand mainly in the segment of built-in appliances.
VIA gets a good income from the sale of the controllers USB 3.0. Cooperation with one of the Chinese manufacturers of optical fiber allows it to rely on the presence in the market of telecommunications solutions in the region. In the three research centers in China VIA employs approximately 600 professionals. It remains to be patient to see if VIA surprise consumers in the second half of next year.