MediaTek, Explained: Taiwan’s Fabless Semiconductor Giant

TSMC’s founding in 1987 would launch two new types of semiconductor firms: Foundries and design firms. Foundries and the complexities of semiconductor manufacturing have been taking most of the headlines. But the design firms fabless are just as vital. They are the customers who keep the foundries fed.

Taiwan also has a thriving fabless semiconductor ecosystem. In this video, we are going to look at the largest of those fabless companies: MediaTek or MTK. I will use both names interchangeably.

Over the years, the Hsinchu-based company built a place for itself designing and fabbing mobile phone chips for developing markets. Qualcomm is the industry leader, and they make the sexy super-fast chips that gadget enthusiasts lust for. But MediaTek has been doing quite well for itself.

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