MediaTek
MediaTek Inc. (Chinese: 聯發科技股份有限公司; pinyin: Liánfā Kējì Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī) is a Taiwanese fabless semiconductor company that provides chips for wireless communications, high-definition television, handheld mobile devices like smartphones and tablet computers, navigation systems, consumer multimedia products and digital subscriber line services as well as optical disc drives.
Native name | 聯發科技 |
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| Company type | Public |
| TWSE: 2454 | |
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| Founded | 28 May 1997 |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Products | Central processing units Graphics processing unit Chipsets Microprocessors Systems-on-chip (SoCs) Motherboard chipsets Network interface controllers Digital signal processors Digital light processors Integrated circuits Embedded processors Drivers |
Production output | 1.5 billion devices per year (2018) and 14% market-share of global smartphone sales (Q3 2017) |
| Revenue | NT$493.42 billion (2021) |
| NT$108.04 billion (2021) | |
| NT$111.87 billion (2021) | |
| Total assets | NT$660.88 billion (2021) |
| Total equity | NT$433.65 billion (2021) |
Number of employees | 17,449 (2021) |
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| Website | www |
Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Hsinchu, the company has 41 offices worldwide and was the third largest fabless chip designer worldwide in 2016. The company also provides its customers with reference designs. MediaTek became the biggest smartphone chipset vendor with 31% market share in Q3 2020. This was assisted by its strong performance in regions such as China and India.