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.
Products
Products in Leadtek's ''Computer Group'' include
3D graphics
3D computer graphics, or “3D graphics,” sometimes called CGI, 3D-CGI or three-dimensional computer graphics are graphics that use a three-dimensional representation of geometric data (often Cartesian) that is stored in the computer for th ...
accelerators (of the
NVIDIA
Nvidia CorporationOfficially written as NVIDIA and stylized in its logo as VIDIA with the lowercase "n" the same height as the uppercase "VIDIA"; formerly stylized as VIDIA with a large italicized lowercase "n" on products from the mid 1990s to ...
GeForce
GeForce is a brand of graphics processing units (GPUs) designed by Nvidia. As of the GeForce 40 series, there have been eighteen iterations of the design. The first GeForce products were discrete GPUs designed for add-on graphics boards, inte ...
line, mainstream and workstation-class),
motherboards
A motherboard (also called mainboard, main circuit board, mb, mboard, backplane board, base board, system board, logic board (only in Apple computers) or mobo) is the main printed circuit board (PCB) in general-purpose computers and other expand ...
and multimedia cards. Products in its ''Communications Group'' include video telephony, surveillance and
GPS
The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radionavigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force. It is one of the global navigation satellite sy ...
.
Currently, Leadtek's product lines are covering computer gaming graphics cards, workstation graphics cards, AI software and hardware, AI cloud supercomputing workstations, desktop virtualization Zero Client/Thin Client, smart medical/health care, school research and big data.
History
Leadtek GPS Team
Leadtek has manufactured GPS products since 1997. They include Pocket PC GPS Accessories, Personal/ Vehicle Tracking, PNDs, GPS System products with multimedia and communications capabilities and GPS modules.
Key dates
*1997
Pioneer of GPS products since 1997 (one of Taiwan’s earliest).
*2000
Leadtek GPS module became “de facto” Smart Antenna.
module (9531) SiRF Star I GPS module (9520).
*2001
Mini size GPS antenna for PDA application .
9532 Smart Antenna.
9540/9542/9543 SS-2 module.
*2002
9543LP module/ 9546 SiRFXtrac module .
9546 SiRFXtrac module.
9534 CF card receiver.
*2003
9551 SD card receiver.
9547 SiRFLoc/ SiRFXtrac module.
9800 2t host-based module .
First Bluetooth GPS Receiver 9537-SiRF Star II.
*2004
First GPS receiver (9553)-SiRF Star III chipset.
First SMD module (9548)-SiRF Star III chipset.
First tiny Bluetooth GPS Receiver 9553.
SiRF Star II SMD module (9805).
First GPS receiver with RDS/TMC function (9815) to European market.
*2005
All-in-one GPS Navigator (9700)-Win CE4.0 platform.
*2006
9101LP/9548SLP/9552LP module (SiRF Star III).
9805ST/9540G/9121/9122 module (SiRF Star II).
9500EVK evaluation kit.
9559X Bluetooth GPS receiver.
*2007
9450 GPS Smart Antenna.
9569 Bluetooth GPS receiver.
9750/9752 PND (Personal Navigation Device).
*2008
LR 8M03 LBS Tracker.
*2016
Cooperated with the Canadian Nano Research company to develop “NewClean long effect nano-spray”.
*2017
Leadtek became a certified partner of NVIDIA DLI (Deep Learning Institute) and started AI talent training course.
See also
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List of companies of Taiwan
References
1986 establishments in Taiwan
Electronics companies of Taiwan
Graphics hardware companies
Manufacturing companies based in New Taipei
Taiwanese brands
Taiwanese companies established in 1986
Videotelephony
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