In 1998, when Intel insisted on sticking with expensive Rambus memory chips despite a poor market response, VIA saw its opportunity: It began promoting use of the P133 memory chip, which had been created by an international consortium and was provided to factories free of charge. For the first time, VIA had challenged the "big boss," Intel.
九八年時，英特爾不顧市場反應不佳，執意推出造價昂貴的 RAMBUS 規格主記憶體，威盛見機不可失，跳出來呼籲改用國際聯盟制訂、供各廠商免費使用的開放式 P133 規格主記憶體，首次挑戰了英特爾老大哥的權威。