Gigabyte Technology
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| Traded as | : 2376 |
| Industry |
Computer hardware Electronics |
| Founded | 1986 |
| Founder | Pei-Chen Yeh |
| Headquarters | Xindian District, New Taipei City, Taiwan |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Pei-Chen Yeh (Chairman) Ming-Hsiung Liu (CEO) |
| Products |
Air Cooling Computer Cases Computer Peripherals Graphics Cards Motherboards Notebooks Power Supplies Server Hardware Smartphones |
| Revenue |
 US$ 1.7 Billion (2013) |
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US$ 60.4 Million (2013) |
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| Profit |
US$ 78.9 Million (2013) |
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Number of employees
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7,100 (2012) |
| Website | www |
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. (Chinese: 技嘉科技; pinyin: Jìjiā Kējì), is an international manufacturer and distributor of computer hardware products.
Gigabyte is a motherboard vendor, with shipments of 4.8 million motherboards in Q1 2015, while ASUS shipped around 4.5 million motherboards in the same quarter. Gigabyte was ranked 17th in "Taiwan's 2010 Top 20 Global Brands" by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council.
The company is publicly held and traded on the , stock id number : 2376.
Gigabyte Technology was established in 1986 by Pei-Cheng Yeh. Gigabyte's components are used in Alienware, Falcon Northwest, CybertronPC and Origin PC.
A key feature of the Gigabyte dating back to 2006 were its ultra-durable motherboards, advertised with "all solid capacitors". On 8 August 2006 Gigabyte announced a joint venture with Asus. Gigabyte developed the world's first software-controlled power supply in July 2007.
An innovative method to charge the iPad and iPhone 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 mSATA connection for Intel SSD and Smart Response Technology. On 2 April 2012, Gigabyte developed the world's first motherboard with 60A ICs from International Rectifier.
Gigabyte designs and manufactures motherboards for both AMD and Intel platforms, and also produces graphics cards and notebooks, with AMD and Nvidia GPUs, including the GeForce GTX 980 and the Radeon R9 290X.
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