June 12, 2001, Taipei, Taiwan, Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. (SiS), a leading core logic and graphic chip supplier, today announced its first 256-bit graphic chip-SiS315 awarded the "Best of COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2001" prize sponsored by NIKKEI BYTE during Computex Taipei exhibition. SiS won the prize second times in a row. Last year, its SiS730S clinched the title, and once again SiS315 outperformed more competitors, achieving the honor this year. The consecutive success shows that SiS' design capability and innovation are highly recognized by foreign professional media.

"SiS315 won the "Best of COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2001" by NIKKEI BYTE, which not only grants SiS' graphic chip, but also draw attention from the market and the customer end", said the Senior Vice President of SiS, Shing Wang. SiS315 is a high-performance graphic engine, supporting hardware acceleration T&L (Transforming & Lighting). In addition, it includes AGP 4x interface, supporting up to 128MB memory for future applications and DDR DRAM requirement, and allows users immersed in multimedia games. SiS315 can provide a dual view display with SiS301. "SiS315 is positioned at the mainstream market with over-spec features. In light of the positioning strategy, we expect SiS315 to achieve the quarterly shipment of more than 1.5 million sets," said Shing Wang.

NIKKEI BYTE is one of well-known Japanese professional PC magazines. They introduce the most state-of-the-art products to Japan by the "Best of COMPUTEX TAIPEI" competition. In seven different competing categories, SiS315 won the Best LSI with the reason "Multimedia application has become one of the most important high-performance benchmarks of computers. SiS315 interprets in all manners." SiS accomplished a media tour in Mainland China, gaining overwhelming feedback. SiS is further arranging a European media interview including Germany, Britain, and France starting next week to present its SiS315 and DDR-supporting chipset, SiS735. With the award encouragement, SiS315 is drawing all attention and getting hot in the market.