VIA and Simmtronics launch green computing products

VIA Technologies and Simmtronics Semiconductor announced the launch of green computing products, including the sub-10K SIMM PC and a wide range of power-efficient VIA pc-1 mainboards.

Under the terms of an agreement, Simmtronics will assemble the VIA pc-1 mainboards exclusively in its manufacturing facility in Roorkee. In addition to India, Simmtronics will also distribute the products through its channel partners in a total of 15 other countries, including Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Dubai, UAE, Turkey, Iraq, Algeria, and Ghana.

Commented Richard Brown, VP of International Marketing, VIA Technologies, Inc., “The introduction of these products together with Simmtronics marks an important first step in our long-term plans for developing our presence in India and providing platforms that can bring the benefits of PCs to the next one billion users. With Simmtronics, we are looking at export markets and plan to sell 25,000-30,000 motherboards by end of this year and double the figure by next year.”

To meet the growing demand for solutions that support DDR3 SDRAM, Simmtronics also plans to introduce the forthcoming VIA VX900E green motherboard later on in the first quarter.

All VIA mainboards offered by Simmtronics come with a three-year warranty and local RMA support provided through nearly twenty authorized Simmtronics support centres nation-wide.