MediaTek

Also known as MediaTek Inc., MTK, Liánfā Kējì Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī

MediaTek Inc. (), sometimes informally abbreviated as MTK, is a Taiwanese fabless semiconductor company that designs and markets a range of semiconductor products, providing 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.

Key facts

Company.name: MediaTek Inc.
Company.logo: MediaTek Logo wiki.svg
Company.logo_upright: 1.2
Company.native_name: 聯發科技
Company.native_name_lang: zh-TW
Company.type: Public
Company.hq_location_city: Hsinchu
Company.hq_location_country: Taiwan
Company.area_served: Worldwide
Company.products: Central processing unitsGraphics processing unitChipsetsMicroprocessorsSystems-on-chip (SoCs)Motherboard chipsetsNetwork interface controllersDigital signal processorsDigital light processorsIntegrated circuitsEmbedded processorsDrivers
Company.production: 1.5 billion devices per year (2018) and 14% market-share of global smartphone sales (Q3 2017)

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History
Acquisitions
Financial performance
Product announcements
Corporate responsibility
Controversy
Benchmark cheating
Product list
System-on-chip
Modems
GNSS modules
IEEE 802.11
Wifi
See also
References
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Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Hsinchu, the company has 41 offices worldwide and was the third largest fabless chip designer worldwide in 2016. The company also provides its customers with reference designs. MediaTek became the biggest smartphone chipset vendor with 31% market share in Q3 2020. This was assisted by its strong performance in regions such as China and India.