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I used to have a Razer Keyboard, and I really like the RGB software - it had amazing customizability for the per key RGB, and I really loved it. However, when I upgraded to a Keychron V6, I was surprised and a little let down when I realized that there... Well, that there wasn't any real RGB that I could play with in via, just presets. Well, unless I'm willing to learn how to code, which I am NOT. So does anyone know of a way to make this work? I really won't mind going third party or whatever, I just want my custom RGB back.

Back in 2008, there was a controversy stirring up in the neighborhood with supreme underdog of the x86 world VIA was being reviewed. The one thing VIA did that AMD and Intel don't, was it left its CPUID open. The CPUID is an identifying string that tells programs what kind of processor it is and what features it has. The result was that when you changed VIA's CPUID from "CentuarHauls" (a carryover from when VIA bought Centaur Technologies) to "GenuineIntel" or "AuthenticAMD", its benchmark results in PC Mark 05 changed. The most noticeable one? Memory benchmarking. When VIA pretended to be an Intel CPU, its memory benchmark went up 47%. So was this a result of Futuremark, the creators of PCMark 05, playing favorites with Intel? No, not really. Futuremark became a victim of what is known as code paths. A code path is when you execute a different set of instructions based on what hardware the application detects the computer has. The one common point between benchmarking an Intel, AMD, and VIA product is that their all x86 processors. So if they're all x86 processors, why would Futuremark execute a different set of instructions? At the time of PCMark 05's release (presumably 2005), Intel had processors with the SSE3 instruction set, AMD was still stuck on SSE2. VIA was still in the dumps back then. Maybe Intel also had other instructions specific to its architecture and platform that AMD lacked. Maybe Futuremark decided to squeeze out the most of hardware at the time, code paths should be used. But it ended up biting them in the rear. So herein lies the problem. You want to be innovative in your hardware, you create fun features to make your product stand out from the others, who are technically compatible with your hardware. Developers have a choice: either take advantage of those features so your software also runs better or not. This brings me to another point. Futuremark was recently accused, once again, of playing favorites. The problem? Their Time Spy benchmark. People noted that when asynchronous compute (stay tuned, I have a blog brewing about this...) was enabled, NVIDIA's GeForce 10 cards showed an increase in performance, if slight. People called Futuremark out on this because in supposedly every other test, the GeForce 10 cards either showed no improvement or worse improvement and suspected that NVIDIA was paying them out to make them look favorable. It also didn't help that AMD GPUs didn't improve as much as the other benchmarks supposedly show. Futuremark in a press statement said that they considered all PC GPU vendors, including Intel, for their input. Futuremark asked them if they should include vendor specific code paths, all of them disagreed. Because the moment you do so, fairness goes out the window. But Futuremark is a benchmarking developer, they can't afford to throw fairness out the window. But for game developers who want to squeeze all the features they can with their software may resort to using code paths. And they may resort to using one for the sake of development time and effort. It may suck they're playing "favorites", but when your audience is expecting you to do amazing things at mind boggling frame rates, these you kind of have to make these sacrifices. However, often times they won't resort to a code path. If you look at both NVIDIA and AMD/ATI's tech demos over the years, you'll find that both companies have had GPUs with a lot of advanced features that were later standard in GPUs of later generations (sometimes as early as two generations). But I've never seen any of these used in games.Then again, I was able to run a lot of AMD/ATI's demos on NVIDIA hardware... The only one I couldn't run was the Radeon HD 4800 series Froblins demo. Also this may explain the accusations that some applications favor heavily Intel's processors. There was a period in 2000-2006 or so when AMD and Intel had parity on features, and if someone wanted to take advantage of Intel's new whizzbang features, well, AMD was kind of hosed there. But this only usually mattered for high performance applications like CAD.

I followed this tutorial to update the firmware on my Megalodon Triple Knob Macro Pad, hoping it would allow the device to be recognized in VIA, which I could never accomplish on Windows (it only showed up in VIAL). However, after completing the tutorial successfully, the macro pad still isn't recognized in VIA (neither the desktop version nor the web version) and it won't show up in VIAL either. When I connect it to my Mac, there are no issues. It shows up on the desktop version and the web version and performs as expected. It seems that I can't use the device on Windows at all now. Does anyone know how to solve this issue?

I been looking around and it seems to be completely gone... (is it just my country or all over?)

http://www.viatech.com/en/silicon/processors/ Via CPUS are x86 CPU's like intel and amd's offerings. I was wondering if anyone has used any of them?

I bought this PCI card, ppa-usa.com/computer-products/firewire/pci-combo-card-sata-usb-and-firewire.html, and have tried everything i know to get it to work on Windows 10 64-bit including manually installing via's drivers and the drivers listed on the site Please help as i do not want this to have been a waste of money V-RAID_v6.10a.zip-VIA driver, the other driver zip is on the website listed above

Hi guys, i bought a Via Epia M920 to play around with. the board boots into the bios just fine but when i try to boot into an os i lose output signal to my monitor. i have tried to boot into windows 10 (the os i would prefer to get running) windows 8.1 Manjaro (latest) Ubuntu 16.4 sparky linux parrot OS i can boot into grub and the bootloader for the sparky installation disk but as soon as i try to go into the os my screen goes black... with one exception. Parrot OS tries to boot without killing my display but gets stuck initilizing. as far as i can tell the bios is up to date. its build date was 2017 and the last update was 2016. and VIA claims the board is compatible with Windows 10 so im suprised nothing i have thrown at it is taking, does anyone have any ideas on what i can try? this board does not support usb booting so i have tried with live CDs, a confirmed working ssd and my laptops hdd. all are detected just fine.

I remember reading a pc magazine way back in early 2000's about VIA entering the CPU market as an alternative over Intel or AMD. Whatever happened to them? I think I've seen only 1 pc before that had a via CPU. Has Linus or other tech media covered this? The current news that I have heard is that via will come out with a new CPU by the end of this year.

Hey guys! I'm having serius issues with my via hd audio driver on win10.64. Motherboard is gigabyte z77-d3h 1.1 with V2021 codec. And the problem... My headphones are not showing up im devices, microphone neither. Speakers have bad 5.1 configuration and the program itself cant be opened. Via drivers are fu****g s**t and there are several threads on the internet on how to fix it, but they are 2 years old, for win8.1. Btw, even after 4 diferend drivers its not working and now, after installation, they dont show up. Only "driver" i have now is microsots "high definition audio device". So, if any of you guys had the same problem as me and you managed to fix, please tell me how. bcs now my headphones and speakers are useless...

This could make things interesting: Another Manufacture steps forward making this a three way race for x86 processors. https://overclock3d.net/news/cpu_mainboard/via_plans_their_x86_comeback_with_amd_in_their_sights_for_2019/1

Despite VIATechnologies having not made any new cpus since 2011 and even that was on an architecture from 2008 they have maintained their x86 license. But apparently VIA is getting back into the processor game and intend for their processors to be competitive for the first time since they acquired Centaur Technology in 1999; the chips will supposedly support USB3.1, DDR4 and clocks of over 3 Ghz and all of this will be manufacture on a 16nm process. This info originally came from Chinese tech media which was uncovered by German tech sites golem.de and 3dcenter.org. https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Zhaoxin-VIA-x86-CPUs https://www.golem.de/news/zhaoxin-kx-7000-chinesische-x86-cpu-soll-amds-ryzen-einholen-1712-131908.html https://www.forum-3dcenter.org/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=11589205&postcount=137 http://www.eefocus.com/mcu-dsp/m/399906 http://www.semi.org.cn/news/news_show.aspx?ID=51451&classid=117

This thing looks neat I wonder if it is any good! http://www.amazon.com/VIA-Embedded-EPIA-M920-12Q-Mini-ITX-Processor/dp/B00D5KC5MS

source: http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20151002PD210.html -- what exactly did Intel bought is unclear at this point, but VIA Telecom products are aimed at low cost SOCs - but one thing is clear, Intel didn't chose to acquire the entire subsidiary it is possible that Intel has plans to enter mobile low cost solutions for emerging and developing markets note: VIA Telecom is a subsidiary of VIA Technologies about VIA Telecom:

My computer can detect everything else via USB such as my mouse, keyboard, usb and external hard drive. My Canon camcorder and Galaxy S3 both claim to be "plugged in" but I can't find the devices anywhere on my computer. Any suggestions?

Anyone know that form factor for ITX that is as long as it (170mm) but is not as wide (about 120mm) and if there are any boards with a relatively modern socket/CPU on the market?

Hey, Earlier today I watched a Tek Syndicate video. In there they talked about via, a processor company I had never heard of before, so I loaded up their page and found they overall have very low power processors. I will be going to collage soon and want to build a computer that could go to collage and be brought back home in the summer. I was wondering if a tiny itx system with a via processor would be a viable option (no pun intended). It would have a ssd as storage, a amd grahpics card, possibly the powersupply that came with the case, a motherboard that supports the chip, and low profile ram. Would this be a decent system to just simply load with linuix of some sort, and only program or surf the web on? Video Link: Thanks, Beefy

VIA Technology is suing Asus Group for allegedly stealing its intellectual property related to USB technology, claiming that the former VIA executive Chewei Lin stole VIA's intellectual property when he and dozens of VIA employees left the company in 2007 for Asmedia, which is owned by Asus. Asus could be required to pay $138 million in damages and possibly stop producing products that use USB technology. http://www.zdnet.com/via-sues-asus-over-alleged-theft-of-usb-intellectual-property-7000024443/

its been a LONG time since via released something new almost 5 years i think http://www.techpowerup.com/202809/via-readying-new-64-bit-x86-processor-to-take-on-intel-bay-trail-and-amd-kabini.html looks good but whats the TDP............ Only the third active licencee of Intel's x86 machine architecture, VIA Technology, is readying its first x86 processor in years, codenamed Isaiah II. This chip is based on a brand new 64-bit x86 core design by VIA and the engineering team it acquired from Centaur Technology, another erstwhile x86 licencee, and features modern instruction sets such as AVX 2.0. VIA began sampling a quad-core processor based on Isaiah II, which was put to live test by the company, at its InfoComm 2014 booth. It was compared to Intel's "Bay Trail" Atom and AMD's "Kabini" Athlon chips. It turns out that the Isaiah II is pretty good, if it comes out soon enough. The Isaiah II based quad-core chip, featuring 2.00 GHz clock speeds, and 2 MB of L2 cache, was put through SANDRA. The BGA chip was running on a VIA-made motherboard, with its own VIA VX11H chipset. It was compared to AMD Athlon 5350 (quad-core "Jaguar" with 2.05 GHz clocks), and Intel Atom Z3770 (quad-core "Silvermont" with 2.40 GHz clocks). The results are tabulated below. At 2.00 GHz, armed with the latest multimedia and cryptography instruction-sets, VIA's chip is faster than Intel's in most tests, despite lower clocks. It trades blows - and wins - against AMD's chip, in most tests. VIA is expected to launch the first chips based on Isaiah II in late-August, 2014. VIA is hedging its bets with efficient compact PCs, kiosks, and digital signage, with its new chip.

Hey guys, I am having a little problem. I don't know if it's my sound card or not, but jack input is detected on my front audio panel. My speakers are usually plugged in the back panel. They work in the front panel as well, but if I plug my speakers in the back and some headphones in the front, the headphones won't work. Below you have an image of the VIA HD Audio Deck. I only had the speakers plugged in the back when I took the snapshot, but a input and output were also falsely detected in the front. I want to make my speakers and headphones to be able to work simultaneously. Any way to solve that? I have attached my PC summary. I hope it helps. My configuration - Summary.pdf