Cher Wang honoured as one of the most powerful women in tech

The tech industry has a reputation for being male-dominated, but there are at least ten women who wield a lot of power in the sector, including VIA's chairman, Cher Wang.

"Wang represents Taiwan on the APEC Business Advisory Council and HTC is an industry partner of the World Economic Forum. A devout Christian, she was ranked the 276th richest person in the world, with an estimated personal wealth of $4 billion, by Forbes Magazine, which describes her as “the most powerful woman in wireless.” “Her impetus for starting HTC was to develop hardware products that foster easier, more efficient communication. She’s led HTC in approaching development from the perspective of creating a holistic experience with a focus on personal choice, observing and listening to create products that cater to a perceived consumer desire,” says Leighton." - Source.

VIA Labs new USB 3.0 controller with more power

The new VIA Labs VL812, a USB 3.0 hub controller, provides more power to connected devices meaning that more devices which require power from the hub can be connected at once.

"The VL812 as VLI’s new USB 3.0 hub is called consumes less than half a Watt during use and the company claims that this allows for an external USB 3.0 2.5-inch hard drive, a USB 2.0 flash drive and a USB mouse to be bus powered all at once from a USB 3.0 port."
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VIA see opportunity with USB 3.0 peripherals

USB 3.0 has been around for a long while now, but it's still not found in every system. As more new computers are sold with USB 3.0, however, the market for USB 3.0 peripherals expands. VIA and other USB 3.0 controller manufacturers are gearing up for an increase in sales and as Digitimes reports:

"ASMedia Technology and VIA Labs reportedly have secured 2012 orders for USB 3.0 bridge controllers used in external HDDs from Toshiba and other Japan-based vendors, with shipments to kick off later in 2012. Both firms have primarily put their focus on products for USB 3.0-compatible peripherals."

VIA becomes an Adopter Member of TCG

The Trusted Computing Group develops and maintains standards for security in computing and earlier this week VIA became an Adopter Member.

"More than 500 million PCs and other devices include a Trusted Platform Module. Almost all storage vendors now support TCG's Opal and enterprise specifications for self-encrypting drives, and TCG's Trusted Network Connect architecture is supported in hundreds of products from networking infrastructure companies. 


The Trusted Computing Group provides open standards that enable a safer computing environment across platforms and geographies." - Source.

VIA shows off Android running on their ARM processors

Google's Android operating system is most commonly found on smartphones. It's had less success on tablets, being lately eclipsed by the iPad, at least in Western countries. The operating system has the potential to be used on other types of devices though and VIA was demonstrating this at the DESIGNWEST 2012 conference. Engineering TV did a long and insightful interview with Cliff Moon from VIA about the topic.

VIA processors partnered with new GE COM module

The VIA Nano and VIA Eden processors are being paired with a new COM module by General Electric Company, designed to make upgrades and maintenance cost effective for harsh environment scenarios.

"Taking advantage of GE’s extensive experience in developing rugged solutions for military applications, the bCOM6-L1200 is ideal for OEMs designing computing platforms into equipment for industrial or harsh environments to whom reducing the overall design cycle and lowering validation costs are of key importance."

"For systems integrators looking for solutions that deliver high performance coupled with low power consumption, the bCOM6-L1200 offers a range of five VIA Nano and VIA Eden processor options, with performance between 800MHz and 1.2GHz and power consumption between 3.5W and 13.0W. Up to 8GB of DDR3 SDRAM can be configured, allowing the most demanding applications to be deployed."

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