OLPC orders see VIA revenue increase by over 50% from Feb to Mar

Digitimes has reported that VIA's revenue has increased by 57.6% comparing February to March. They point to orders of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) machines as the main reason for the increase, but also site "strong demand from Europe, North America and emerging markets". Orders of the VIA C7-M processor for use in OLPC netbooks are not consistent on a month by month basis as they rely on massive once-off orders from governments in emerging markets rather than a steady stream of consumer sales.