GIGA-BYTE Technology Co., Ltd. (commonly referred to as Gigabyte Technology or simply Gigabyte) is a Taiwanese manufacturer and distributor of

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. Gigabyte's principal business is

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s, It shipped 4.8 million motherboards in the first quarter of 2015, which allowed it to become the leading motherboard vendor. Gigabyte also manufactures custom

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and

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computers (including thin and light laptops under its ''Aero'' sub-brand). In 2010, Gigabyte was ranked 17th in "Taiwan's Top 20 Global Brands" by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council. The company is publicly held and traded on the Taiwan Stock Exchange, stock ID number .

History

2008 Taiwan Excellence Awards Dandy Pei-cheng Yeh

Gigabyte Technology was established in 1986 by Pei-Cheng Yeh. One of Gigabyte's key advertised features on its motherboards is its "Ultra Durable" construction, advertised with "all solid capacitors". On 8 August 2006 Gigabyte announced a joint venture with

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. Gigabyte developed the world's first

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-controlled

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in July 2007. An innovative method to charge the

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and

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on the computer was introduced by Gigabyte in April 2010. Gigabyte launched the world's first Z68 motherboard on 31 May 2011, with an on-board

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connection for

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and Smart Response Technology. On 2 April 2012, Gigabyte released the world's first motherboard with 60A ICs from International Rectifier. In 2023, researchers at firmware-focused cybersecurity company Eclypsium said 271 models of Gigabyte motherboards are affected by backdoor vulnerabilities. Whenever a computer with the affected Gigabyte motherboard restarts, code within the motherboard's firmware initiates an updater program that downloads and executes another piece of software. Gigabyte has said it plans to fix the issues.

Products

Gigabyte designs and manufactures motherboards for both

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and

platforms, and also produces

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s and

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s in partnership with AMD and

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, including Nvidia's Turing chipsets and AMD's

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and

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chipsets. Gigabyte's components are used by

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, CybertronPC, Origin PC, and exclusively in Technology Direct desktops. Other products of Gigabyte have included

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s, server motherboards, server racks, networking equipment,

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, keyboards, cooling components,

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, and cases. Gigabyte AORUS AD27QD 20190601

Subsidiaries

Aorus is a registered sub-brand trademark of Gigabyte belonging to Aorus Pte. Ltd., which is a company registered in

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. Aorus specializes in gaming related products such as motherboards,

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, mice, keyboards, SSDs, headsets, cases, power supply and CPU coolers.

References

External links

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Official Gigabyte forum

Gigabyte - Better Business Bureau page
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History

Products

Subsidiaries

See also

References

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