Palit Microsystems

Palit Microsystems
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 www.palit.com
Graphic card Daytona 64T, based on Trident Microsystems chipset TGUI9680

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 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Palit – About US".
  2. ↑ "Top graphics card vendor is a company you've probably never heard of - News - Geek.com".
  3. ↑ "Palit and PC Partner Beat ASUS in Graphics Card Market Share".
  4. ↑ "Производителей видеокарт скоро станет меньше?".
  5. ↑ 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)
  6. ↑ "Graphics-card maker Gainward sells brand to Palit". Tom's Hardware. 2 February 2005. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
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