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MStar Semiconductor
晨星半導體股份有限公司
Type Public (TWSE: 3697) Industry Semiconductors Founded May, 2002 Headquarters 4F-1, No. 26, Tai-Yuan St., Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan[1] Key people Wayne Liang, Chairman
Steve Yang. President and co-founderRevenue 
US$1.07 billion (2010)[2]Net income US$207 million (2010)[3]Website www.mstarsemi.com MStar Semiconductor, Inc. (晨星半導體股份有限公司) is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in mixed-mode integrated circuit technologies,[4] based in Hsinchu Hsien, Taiwan. MStar makes stuff for multimedia and wireless communications, in the form of display ICs and mixed-mode (i.e. combining analog and digital functions) ASIC/IPs, in addition to chip sets for GSM mobile handsets. MStar employs approx. 1300 in more than 10 branches worldwide. The company's revenue was around USD 1067 million in 2010.[2] The growth has been substantial, their revenue in 2005 was USD 175 million. MStar is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange under the code 3697.[5]
MStar is often referred as "Little-M" in Chinese community, as a contrary part of the bigger company "Big-M", MediaTek.
MStar was a spin-off, 2-1 stock split, from System General Technology in May 2002, where the power IC product line stayed in System General Technology while the employees with the display and RFID product lines transferred to the new spin-off. After the spin-off, an 1-2 stock swap was taken to exchange the two companies back to their corresponding shareholders.
Chairman of MStar is Wayne Liang (梁公偉), while Steve Yang (楊偉毅) is president and co-founder.
In 2004, involved in a court case where in a ruling by the International Trade Commission (ITC), MStar Semiconductor were found guilty over infringing on a patent held by Genesis Microchip for a method to improve images on liquid-crystal-display (LCD) monitors and flat screen TVs.[6]
References
- ^ "MStar Location". MStar. http://www.mstarsemi.com/contact.php. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
- ^ a b "MStar reports record sales in 2010". The China Post. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia-taiwan/2011/01/11/287108/MStar-reports.htm. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
- ^ "2011/2/14 MStar Semiconductor Inc. 2010 Q4 Financial Results". MStar Semiconductors. http://www.mstarsemi.com/investor.php. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
- ^ Mstar Semiconductor entry in BusinessWeek
- ^ "MStar Semiconductor files for primary listing on Taiwanese stock exchange". Taipei Times. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2010/08/23/2003481104. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
- ^ MStar back to beginning with Genesis
Categories:- Companies listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange
- Companies established in 2002
- Electronics companies of Taiwan
- Companies of Taiwan
- Fabless semiconductor companies
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