VIA Nano gets WinHEC Award 2008 for Green Technology

Posted on Friday, December 12 2008 @ 6:31 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
VIA proudly announced its Nano processor platform won the WinHEC Award 2008 for Green Technology:
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator of power efficient x86 processor platforms, today announced that the VIA Nano processor and the VIA VX800 unified digital media IGP chipset received an Excellent Product Award at WinHEC 2008 in Taipei this week.

Presented by Taiwan’s Vice President, Vincent Siew, the award recognized VIA’s efforts to reduce energy consumption and use of hazardous manufacturing materials of the VIA Nano processor platform, and to facilitate ease of recycling.

“Very early on, VIA opted to take an approach to product design that factored in what impact its products and processes have on the environment,” said Epan Wu, Director of CPU Product Marketing, VIA Technologies, Inc. “While we are delighted to receive this award for our VIA Nano processor platform, even more satisfying is noting the IT industry’s growing awareness of environmental issues and its increasingly pro-active approach.”


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