VIA to be taken over by Chinese communication chip maker?

In the first half of 2012, VIA suffered net losses of NT$1.86 billion (US$62 million) and compared to the same period a year ago, the amount increased 63% with EPS already at negative NT$1.89. Although the company achieved an on-month growth in July revenues, due to the weak global economy and strong competition in China's white-box market, market watchers are mostly conservative about its future performance.

However, since the company still has some technologies and R&D abilities in the CPU industry, VIA has been rumored for many years to be consider forming cooperation with several China-based players.