MediaTek

MediaTek, Inc.
聯發科技股份有限公司

Type	Public (TWSE: 2454)
Industry	Fabless semiconductor company
Founded	May 28, 1997
Headquarters	No. 1, Dusing 1st Rd., Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan[1]
Key people	Ming-Kai Tsai, Chairman Jyh-Jer Cho, Vice Chairman[2]
Revenue	US$3.62 billion (2009)[3]
Net income	US$1.15 billion (2009)[3]
Employees	4,275 (2010)[3]
Website	www.mediatek.com/en/

MediaTek Inc. (MTK ^[4]) is a fabless semiconductor company, designing and selling components for wireless communication, optical storage, GPS, high-definition digital TV and DVD products. The company was founded on May 28, 1997.^[3] It is headquartered in Hsinchu Science Park located in Hsinchu, Taiwan, with sales and research subsidiaries in mainland China, Singapore, India, Japan, South Korea, USA, Denmark, and England.^[5] The company is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.

Overview

The MediaTek MT1389, a chipset for DVD players

MediaTek specializes in system-on-a-chip solutions for wireless communication, high-definition digital TV, optical storage, GPS, and high-resolution DVD players.^[3][6] In 2009, the company spent over US$833 million on research and development.^[3] In early 2008 MediaTek expanded its wireless communications product portfolio by buying the assets of Analog Devices' Othello radio transceivers and SoftFone baseband chipsets for about US$350 million. The products go into cell phones and related equipment.

MediaTek stands fourth in the ranking of fabless companies worldwide and stands second of all worldwide semiconductor companies in the field of mobile phone chipsets, after Qualcomm.^[7] MediaTek's products also help Chinese Shanzhai products to cut cost. MediaTek supplies system software for use with its Shanzhai phone chipsets. It is identified as MAUI and is based on Nucleus RTOS.

According to IC Insights' May 2009 update to the McClean Report, MediaTek has moved into the Top 20 list of semiconductor sales leaders.^[8]

References

1. ^ "MediaTek Location". MediaTek. http://www.mediatek.com/en/corporate/location.php. Retrieved 2010-06-30. 
2. ^ "Corporate Governance: Board of Directors". MediaTek. http://www.mediatek.com/en/ir/Board_of_Directors.php. Retrieved 2011-01-19. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "MediaTek Inc. 2009 Annual Report". MediaTek. http://www.mediatek.com/upload/files/c8711ebeeb0a0d59e38f00d0c16420c3.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-19. 
4. ^ "Legal notice introducing MTK as designation for MediaTek Inc.". http://www.mediatek.com/en/Related/Legal_Notice.php. 
5. ^ "Corporate". MediaTek. http://www.mediatek.com/en/corporate/index.php. Retrieved 2010-06-30. 
6. ^ Mediatek.com: 25 May 1995: Garmin Selects MediaTek GPS Chipsets for Outdoor Navigation Devices
7. ^ "MediaTek unseats TI as No.2 cellular baseband chip vendor". March 15, 2010. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/MediaTek+unseats+TI+as+No.2+cellular+baseband+chip+vendor.-a0221919286. Retrieved 2010-06-30. 
8. ^ "Chaos reigns in Top20 Semiconductor Company Ranking". May 15, 2009. http://www.evertiq.com/news/14176. Retrieved 2009-11-20. 

External links

• Official website