Chairman of VIA Technologies, Inc. and HTC donating 100 000 tablets to women

Cher Wang, the visionary leader behind VIA and HTC, is quoted in an article on Want China Times as saying that she founded " ... HTC to create a computer so small that it could be carried in a pocket and said she was now setting her sights elsewhere. "The dream has come true and now my next dream is to make the world a more equal place for women," Wang said."

VIA has of course played no small part in the development of this vision. VIA's focused has been on revolutionising the size and power consumption of desktop and industrial PCs whilst HTC's focus has been on personal devices, most notably the mobile phone, which these days is a mobile personal computing device far exceeding its role as a portable phone.

Cher Wang has been a passionate advocate for equality for women in the workplace. She is the chair of the ABAC Women's Forum. Her announcement, that she will donate 100 000 tablets to young women in Asia-Pacific countries, was made at a World Bank forum.