VIA saw the handwriting on the wall... with the "Intel Platform" being one of their big strengths along AMD acquiring ATI for their chipset design, it's getting tough for 3rd parties to compete in the chipset market. VIA is officially announcing that they're leaving the 3rd party chipset market. nVidia's already on shaky ground with respect to chipset design and manufacturing, so that only leaves SiS at the extreme budget (read: low profit margin) end of the spectrum. My only fear is that 3rd parties are good for overclocking and tweaking, serving as a great market force in that respect.
VIA will continue to design and manufacture chipsets for their Nano processor- just not for Intel or AMD CPUs.
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