Clean Break Podcast: VIA Technologies
VIA Technologies, based out of Taiwan, competes against AMD and Intel in the computer chip market, but it’s admittedly a David up against two Goliaths. To carve out its own niche in the market, VIA has always focused on building the most energy-efficient chip platforms. Now “green” computing is trendy, judging by the activities of Dell, Sun and some of the other computer industry giants.
I had the opportunity to interview former Toronto native Scott Phipps, who heads up marketing for VIA out of the company’s Taiwan headquarters. Phipps talks about VIA’s carbon-free computing program, something Dell has since copied. He also talks about the need for energy-efficient computing in a world where making the most out of renewable energy, such as solar, means operating as efficiently as you can. Have a listen.
Tyler Hamilton is senior energy reporter and columnist for the Toronto Star, Canada's largest daily newspaper. In addition to this Clean Break blog, Tyler writes a weekly column of the same name that discusses trends, happenings and innovators in the cleantech market. This blog is a personal project started in April 2005. It is not an official blog of the newspaper. Tyler can be reached at tyler@cleanbreak.ca