Leadtek Research, Inc. () is a Taiwanese company, founded in 1986, which focuses on
research and development
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that is specialized in the design and manufacture of
graphics card
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s.
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
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GeForce
GeForce is a brand
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line, mainstream and workstation-class),
motherboards
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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
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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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