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Native name | 同德股份有限公司 |
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| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Computer hardware |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Founder | Li Shilong (李世隆) |
| Headquarters | , Taiwan |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Graphic cards |
Number of employees | < 3,000 (2023) |
| Divisions | Gainward |
| Website | www |
Palit Microsystems, Ltd. is a Taiwanese-based company, founded in 1988. It is known for exclusive manufacturing of graphic cards on the basis of Nvidia & ATI graphic chipsets. Palit's factories are found in mainland China, while the offices are in Taipei, Taiwan, a logistics center in Hong Kong, China, and branch office in Germany.[1]
Palit Microsystems runs two major brands, Palit, and Gainward, which target different global markets, and other brands like Daytona, Galaxy (GALAX), Vivkoo, Yuan, KFA2 (Kick Fuckin Ass²)[2] and XpertVision. It also contract-manufactures graphics cards for other companies. In 2013 Palit Microsystems surpassed ASUSTek, becoming the biggest graphics card vendor by volume.[3][4] Palit Microsystems' monthly maximum capacity reaches 1,200,000 units.[1][5] As of 2011 Palit's production share was about at 20–25% of world market of graphics solutions.[buzzword] In the same time on the Russian market Palit had more than 40%, in Ukraine – about 30%.[6]
In 2005 Palit Microsystems acquired the Gainward brand, company and branch Gainward Europe GmbH for $1 million of Taiwan-based TNC Industrial.[7]
