Palit Microsystems
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Native name | 同德股份有限公司 |
|---|---|
| Private | |
| Industry | Computer hardware |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Founder | Li Shilong (李世隆) |
| Headquarters | Taipei, Taiwan |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Graphic cards |
Number of employees | < 3000 (2006) |
| Divisions | Gainward |
| Website |
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Palit Microsystems, Ltd. is a Taiwanese-based company, founded in 1988. It is known for exclusive manufacturing of graphic cards on the basis of NVIDIA & ATI graphic chipsets. Palit's factories are found in Mainland China, while the offices is in Taipei (Taiwan), a logistics center in Hong Kong, and branch office in Germany.[1]
Palit Microsystems runs two major brands, Palit, and Gainward, which target different global markets, and other brands like Daytona, Galaxy, Vivkoo, Yuan, and XpertVision. It also contract-manufactures graphics cards for other companies. In 2013 Palit Microsystems surpassed ASUSTek, becoming the biggest graphics card vendor by volume.[2][3] Palit Microsystems' monthly maximum capacity reaches 1,200,000 units.[1][4] As of 2011 Palit's production share was about at 20–25% of world market of graphics solutions. In the same time on the Russian market Palit had more than 40%, in Ukraine – about 30%.[5]
In 2005 Palit Microsystems acquired the Gainward brand, company and branch Gainward Europe GmbH for $1 million of Taiwan-based TNC Industrial.[6]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Palit – About US".
- ↑ "Top graphics card vendor is a company you've probably never heard of - News - Geek.com".
- ↑ "Palit and PC Partner Beat ASUS in Graphics Card Market Share".
- ↑ "Производителей видеокарт скоро станет меньше?".
- ↑ На долю Palit Microsystems приходится, по разным оценкам, от 20 до 25 процентов мирового рынка дискретных графических решений. На российском рынке, по последним данным, у нас более 40%, на Украине — около 30%(in Russian)
- ↑ "Graphics-card maker Gainward sells brand to Palit". Tom's Hardware. 2 February 2005. Retrieved 8 March 2015.