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Native name | 技嘉科技 |
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| Company type | Public |
| TWSE:2376 | |
| Industry | Computer hardware Consumer electronics |
| Founded | 30 April 1986; 39 years ago (1986-04-30) |
| Founder | Pei-Chen Yeh |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Pei-Cheng Yeh (chairman) Ming-Hsiung Liu (CEO) |
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| Revenue |  NT$136 billion (2023)[1] |
 NT$4.8 billion (2023)[1] | |
| NT$4.7 billion (2023)[1] | |
Number of employees | 2,040 (2024)[1] |
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| Website | www |
GIGA-BYTE Technology Co., Ltd. (commonly referred to asGigabyte Technology or simplyGigabyte) is a Taiwanese manufacturer and distributor ofcomputer hardware.
Gigabyte's principal business ismotherboards, It shipped 4.8 million motherboards in the first quarter of 2015, which allowed it to become the leading motherboard vendor.[2] Gigabyte also manufactures customgraphics cards andlaptop computers (including thin and light laptops under itsAero sub-brand[3]). In 2010, Gigabyte was ranked 17th in "Taiwan's Top 20 Global Brands" by theTaiwan External Trade Development Council.[4][5]
The company is publicly held and traded on theTaiwan Stock Exchange, stock ID numberTWSE:2376.
Gigabyte Technology was established in 1986 by Pei-Cheng Yeh.[6]
One of Gigabyte's key advertised features on its motherboards is its "Ultra Durable" construction, advertised with "all solid capacitors".[7] On 8 August 2006 Gigabyte announced a joint venture withAsus.[8] Gigabyte developed the world's firstsoftware-controlledpower supply in July 2007.[9]
An innovative method to charge theiPad andiPhone on the computer was introduced by Gigabyte in April 2010.[10] Gigabyte launched the world's firstZ68 motherboard on 31 May 2011, with an on-boardmSATA connection forIntelSSD andSmart Response Technology.[11] On 2 April 2012, Gigabyte released the world's first motherboard with 60A ICs fromInternational Rectifier.[12]
In 2023, researchers at firmware-focused cybersecurity company Eclypsium said 271 models of Gigabyte motherboards are affected bybackdoor vulnerabilities. Whenever a computer with the affected Gigabyte motherboard restarts, code within the motherboard's firmware initiates an updater program that downloads and executes another piece of software. Gigabyte has said it plans to fix the issues.[13]
Gigabyte designs and manufactures motherboards for bothAMD andIntel platforms, and also producesgraphics cards andnotebooks in partnership with AMD andNvidia, including Nvidia'sTuring chipsets and AMD'sVega[14] andPolaris chipsets. Gigabyte's components are used byAlienware,Falcon Northwest, CybertronPC,Origin PC,[15] and exclusively in Technology Direct desktops.[16]
Other products of Gigabyte have includedGPU servers,data center solutions,desktop computers,tablet computers,ultrabooks,mobile phones,personal digital assistants,server motherboards,server racks,networking equipment,optical drives,computer monitors,mice,keyboards,cooling components,power supplies, andcases.[17][18][19]
Aorus is a registered sub-brand trademark of Gigabyte belonging to Aorus Pte. Ltd.,[20] which is a company registered inSingapore.[21] Aorus specializes in gaming-related products such as motherboards,graphics cards,notebooks, mice, keyboards, SSDs,headsets, cases, power supply andCPU coolers.[22]
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