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Goodix
Goodix Technology (Goodix; ) is a publicly listed Chinese technology company headquartered in Shenzhen, China. The company is known for developing touchscreen solutions for smartphones. Background In 2002, Goodix was founded by Zhang Fan. Goodix started its business with communication integrated circuits (ICs) for fixed-line telephones, and then expanded its product reach to touchscreen ICs. In 2011, MediaTek made a significant investment in Goodix. Goodix leveraged MediaTek's reference-design platform allowing its revenue to exceed the US$100m mark in 2013. By 2015, Goodix expanded its product line to include fingerprint scanners. In October 2016, Goodix held its initial public offering becoming a listed company on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Within a month after listing, it was China's largest chip design company by market capitalization. In 2019, Goodix acquired a division of Voice and Audio Solutions under NXP Semiconductors. In August 2020, Goodix acquired Dream ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Company
A public company is a company whose ownership is organized via shares of share capital, stock which are intended to be freely traded on a stock exchange or in over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter markets. A public (publicly traded) company can be listed on a stock exchange (listing (finance), listed company), which facilitates the trade of shares, or not (unlisted public company). In some jurisdictions, public companies over a certain size must be listed on an exchange. In most cases, public companies are ''private'' enterprises in the ''private'' sector, and "public" emphasizes their reporting and trading on the public markets. Public companies are formed within the legal systems of particular states and so have associations and formal designations, which are distinct and separate in the polity in which they reside. In the United States, for example, a public company is usually a type of corporation, though a corporation need not be a public company. In the United Kin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
