Taipei, August 28, 2006 - GIGABYTE outstands in the 14th Taiwan Excellence Award executed by TAITRA (Taiwan External Trade Development Council) as the only "Excellence Award" trophy winner in the ceremony held on August 24. Professional judges from Taiwan, Japan, Germany and Italy had also shown the highest recognition for its constant cultivation in innovation and designs in the IT industry with more than 100 Excellence Awards won accumulatively.

All award winners have to demonstrate superiorly in R&D and Design Innovation, Quality System, Market, and Brand Awareness to pass the strictest screening process of professional judges. GIGABYTE for the 9th year has proven its market leading role with its impeccable winning record for all its participating items in the award. This year, 27 among 635 participating products were nominated for the Gold Award and 5 of them are under GIGABYTE brand.

All the recognition and awards GIGABYTE has received further consolidate the strength and quality of GIGABYTE brand and echoes its managing vision to become the world's most valuable IT brand.

GIGABYTE 5 Silver Award Winners:

PDA Mobile Phone (g-Smart-i)Incredibly light weight and sleek designs not only pleases the pickiest eyes but also reveals exceptional taste for its users. With g-Smart I, you can now tune in to your favorite TV/FM channels whenever and wherever.

Tri-Band GSM Mobile Phone (g-YoYo)Pioneering built-in GPS makes g-YoYo the best navigator when on the way. Its "taxi safety" and "SOS" features on top of desirable digital functions and unparalleled A/V entertainments make g-YoYo the "must-have" to everyone.

Mini Entertainment PC (A963)Mini-PC masterpiece A963 is light and compact yet versatile in functions. Pure pearl-white case appeals to all fashion-seeking professionals who want to use their space most efficiently. It is low-noise and extra high in energy efficiency.

Home Entertainment Multimedia PC (X-Media)Simplicity as its design core hits the spot of young and fashion-oriented generations. Without the harness of traditional PCs, X-Media now endows you with extra space, mobility and choices of your own computing functions.

i-RAM Storage Media (GC-RAMDISK)GIGABYTE i-RAM is the world's fastest storage device available to industry professionals and PC enthusiasts. Its data transmission efficiency is as high as 14 and search & storage 8.7 times compared to traditional storage media.