Before the days of nVidia and ATI, the chipset market had a front row seat for the asian manufacturers. AMD wasn't interested in that business at all and Intel prices left a good profit margin for those wanting to sell cheap. Right now, most people don't bother about a very small price difference and choose products that are out of reach for VIA or SiS to develop. Nevertheless:
"VIA's September revenues reached NT$1.18 billion (US$361.98 million), a drop of 7.6% on month and 28.9% on year. [...] On the other hand, SiS's September revenues rose 41.8% on month and 52.5$ on year to NT$893 million."
What do they sell? Ultra mobile PCs in the case of VIA and any chipset they can to whoever might be interested in saving a penny. And there are lots of them, judging from those figures.
Link: DigiTimes.
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