Realtek Semiconductor
High-volume connectivity, audio codec and Ethernet chip designer.
- Ticker
- TWSE: 2379
- Headquarters
- Hsinchu, TW
- Founded
- 1987
- Market position
- major
- Value-chain segment
- Networking Silicon
- Key products
- Ethernet PHYs, audio codecs, WiFi
About Realtek Semiconductor
Realtek Semiconductor Corp. is a Taiwanese fabless semiconductor company situated in the Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan. Realtek was founded in October 1987 and subsequently listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in 1998. Realtek has manufactured and sold a variety of microchips globally. Its product lines broadly fall into three categories: communications network ICs, computer peripheral ICs, and multimedia ICs. As of 2019, Realtek employs 5,000 people, of whom 78% work in research and development.