| Type | Public (TSEC: T2465) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer hardware |
| Founded | October 24, 1986 |
| Headquarters | New Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| Key people | K.S. Lu (President and Chairman) |
| Products | WinFast series of video cards WinFast series of TV tuners for PCs NSC 3600 series of video surveillance equipment |
| Revenue | $169.9 million USD (2003) |
| Net income | unknown |
| Employees | over 498 |
| Website | http://www.leadtek.com.tw |
Leadtek Research, Inc. is a Taiwanese company, founded in 1986, which focuses on research and development that is specialized in the design and manufacture of graphics cards.
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Products in Leadtek's Computer Group include the WinFast Series 3D graphics accelerators (of the NVIDIA GeForce line, mainstream and workstation-class), motherboards and multimedia cards. Products in its Communications Group include video telephony, surveillance and GPS solutions.
It has been the pioneer of the GPS products since 1997, one of Taiwan’s earliest. The unit includes 120 people: one half is RD engineers. Now, it is recognized as one of world’s largest Value-Added Manufacturers(VAM) for GPS solutions.
Currently, Leadtek GPS products include Pocket PC GPS Accessories, Personal/ Vehicle Tracking solutions, PNDs, GPS System products with multimedia and communications capabilities, and GPS modules.