Palit_Microsystems

Palit Microsystems

Palit Microsystems

Taiwanese-based hardware company

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]

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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]

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References

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    "Palit – About US".
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    "KFA2 GeForce GTX 460 1GB LTD OC graphics card review". HEXUS. 30 July 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
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    "Top graphics card vendor is a company you've probably never heard of - News - Geek.com". Archived from the original on 13 February 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
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    "Palit and PC Partner Beat ASUS in Graphics Card Market Share".
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    "Производителей видеокарт скоро станет меньше?".
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    На долю Palit Microsystems приходится, по разным оценкам, от 20 до 25 процентов мирового рынка дискретных графических решений. На российском рынке, по последним данным, у нас более 40%, на Украине — около 30% (in Russian)
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    "Graphics-card maker Gainward sells brand to Palit". Tom's Hardware. 2 February 2005. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
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