Realtek semiconductor was founded in October 1987 by seven skilled and committed engineers, Over three decades, these young founding engineers built Realtek into one of the world's largest and most successful IC design houses. Realtek is a fabless semiconductor company situated in the Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan. Realtek currently manufactures and sells a variety of microchips globally and its product lines broadly fall into three categories: communications network ICs, computer peripheral ICs, and multimedia ICs. As of 2019, Realtek employs 5,000 people, of whom 78% work in research and development. Realtek strongly encourages its customers to purchase all Realtek semiconductor products through Realtek’s authorized sources: either directly from Realtek or through a Realtek-authorized distributor...