was listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSEC) under the '2454' code on July 23, 2001. On May 28, 1997, the unit was spun off and incorporated. MediaTek was originally a unit of the Taiwanese firm, United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), tasked with designing chipsets for home entertainment products. This was assisted by its strong performance in regions such as China and India. MediaTek became the biggest smartphone chipset vendor with 31% market share in Q3 2020. The company also provides its customers with reference designs. įounded in 1997 and headquartered in Hsinchu, the company has 25 offices worldwide and was the third largest fabless chip designer worldwide in 2016.
( 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. A Mediatek MT6575A inside an LG E455 Android smartphone