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VIA Announces October Sales Results

Taipei, Taiwan, 3rd November 2003 - VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced net sales for October 2003 of NT$1.97 billion (US$58.1 million approximately).

On a sequential basis, this monthly sales revenue represents a 3.83% decrease over September's figure of NT$2.05 billion (US$60.4 million approximately).

VIA October Sales Revenue

*In thousands of NT dollars
**In thousands of US dollars (conversion US$1 = NT$ 33.75)

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