Company:Palit Microsystems

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Short description: Taiwanese-based hardware company
Palit Microsystems, Ltd.
Native name
同德股份有限公司
TypePrivate
IndustryComputer hardware
Founded1988; 36 years ago (1988)
FounderLi Shilong (李世隆)
Headquarters
Taipei
,
Taiwan
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsGraphic cards
Number of employees
< 3000 (2006)
DivisionsGainward
Websitewww.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 mainland China, while the offices are in Taipei, Taiwan, a logistics center in Hong Kong, China, 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 (GALAX), Vivkoo, Yuan, KFA2 (Kick Fuckin Ass²)[2] 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.[3][4] Palit Microsystems' monthly maximum capacity reaches 1,200,000 units.[1][5] As of 2011 Palit's production share was about at 20–25% of world market of graphics solutions.[buzzword] In the same time on the Russian market Palit had more than 40%, in Ukraine – about 30%.[6]

In 2005 Palit Microsystems acquired the Gainward brand, company and branch Gainward Europe GmbH for $1 million of Taiwan-based TNC Industrial.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Palit – About US". http://www.palit.com/palit/about.php?id=3. 
  2. ↑ "KFA2 GeForce GTX 460 1GB LTD OC graphics card review". 2010-07-30. https://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/25712-kfa2-geforce-gtx-460-1gb-ltd-oc-graphics-card-review/. 
  3. ↑ "Top graphics card vendor is a company you've probably never heard of - News - Geek.com". http://www.geek.com/news/top-graphics-card-vendor-is-a-company-youve-probably-never-heard-of-1552579/. 
  4. ↑ "Palit and PC Partner Beat ASUS in Graphics Card Market Share". https://www.techpowerup.com/182893/palit-and-pc-partner-beat-asus-in-graphics-card-market-share. 
  5. ↑ "Производителей видеокарт скоро станет меньше?". http://www.3dnews.ru/offsyanka/610000. 
  6. ↑ 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)
  7. ↑ "Graphics-card maker Gainward sells brand to Palit". Tom's Hardware. 2 February 2005. http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/graphics,news-14819.html. Retrieved 8 March 2015. 



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