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 Semiconductor Advanced Core Technologies: 

 

Technical competence is one of our greatest assets, and a primary reason for our emergence as one of the prime initiators of mainstream IT technology. In addition to participation in technical specification determination, we are often viewed as an industry benchmark and a catalyst for industry and technology trends.

 

Realtek's capacity for technological innovation is exemplified by our extensive systems knowledge and system integration expertise. New product development of our highly integrated total solutions evolves with consideration of the entire system and fully utilizes our expertise in digital and analog mixed mode design and integration of key components, such as microcontrollers, DSP, RISC, PLL, RFIC and embedded memories. This technology allows us to achieve the primary development goal of system-on-a-chip, greatly increasing product efficiency.

 

Realtek's expertise in system development and IC design is matched by our manufacturing knowledge and technologies, ensuring product quality and reliability.

 

Realtek Semiconductor Product Development Directions and Vision:

• 1. Continued development of total customer solutions including hardware and software support, development tools, and technical services.
• 2. On-going enhancement and broadening of core technologies, including embedded processors (RISC CPU, DSP, etc.), Memory, mixed-mode circuit design, RF technology, system know-how, and manufacturing process expertise.
• 3. Enhancement of application capabilities, integrating audio, video, and communication system technology into System-on-a-Chip solutions.
• 4. Development of high-speed broadband and wireless communication solutions, and high-resolution multimedia products, to achieve the convenience of ubiquitous information and entertainment.

 

Realtek Semiconductor Milestones and Awards: 

 

2021

Realtek's Automotive Ethernet Switch IC (RTL9075AAD/RTL9072AAD) Wins Best Choice Golden Award at COMPUTEX 2021

Realtek's Low Power AI IP Camera SoC (RTS3916N) 2021 COMPUTEX Best Choice Category Award (AI, Big Data & Cloud Computing)

Realtek's New Generation Gaming Network Total Solution 2.5GbE Gaming NIC with ‘Dragon Feature’ + Wi-Fi 6 & Intelligent Switch (RTL8125BG + RTL8852AE & RTL9313 + RTL8221B) Wins ‘COMPUTEX d&i awards 2021

2020

Realtek wins the 2020 Hsinchu Science Park R&D Accomplishment Award

Realtek’s world smallest form factor & lowest power 2.5G USB Ethernet controller (RTL8156B) wins Innovative Product Award 2020

2019

Realtek's RTD2893 8K Video Decoder and Processing IC Wins Best Choice Golden Award and Best Choice of the Year at COMPUTEX 2019

Realtek's RTL8773B Bluetooth 5 ANC Smart Headset SoC Wins Best Choice Golden Award at COMPUTEX 2019

Realtek's RTL8722DM Ameba D: Ultra-Low-Power Versatile IoT Solution 2019 COMPUTEX Best Choice Category Award (IoT Applications)

Realtek is honored with the '2019 Hsinchu Science Park R&D Accomplishment Awards’

Realtek’s 8K Video Decoder and Processing IC (RTD2893) Wins Innovative Product Award 2019

2018

Realtek’s Multi-Mic Far-Field Speech Recognition Enhanced Single Chip Solution (ALC5520) Wins Innovative Product Award 2018

Realtek Wins Asia Responsible Enterprise Awards 2018

Realtek's ALC5520 Multi-Mic Far-Field Speech Recognition Enhanced Single Chip Solution Wins Best Choice Golden Award at COMPUTEX 2018

Realtek's RTL8762C Bluetooth 5.0 Low Energy SoC Wins 2018 COMPUTEX Best Choice Category Award (IC & Components)

Realtek's RTL8715A Highly Integrated, Ultra-Low-Power Wi-Fi IP Camera SoC Wins 2018 COMPUTEX Best Choice Category Award (IoT Applications)

2017

Realtek’s Wireless Team Wins 2017 Outstanding Technology Management Award

Realtek's RTL8117 Personal Cloud IC Solution wins 2017 COMPUTEX Best Choice Jury's Special Award

Realtek's RTL8763B World’s 1st BT 5 Dual Mode Audio SoC wins 2017 COMPUTEX Best Choice Category Award (IC & Components)

Realtek's RTL8771B Low Power Wearable GNSS Receiver wins 2017 COMPUTEX Best Choice Category Award (Mobile & Wearables)

Realtek's RTL9047A Automotive Ethernet Switch Controller wins 2017 COMPUTEX Best Choice Category Award (Car Electronics)

2016

Realtek’s RTL9020AA Automotive Camera SoC Integrated with Audio/Video processor and Ethernet 100BASE-T1 Wins Innovative Product Award 2016

Realtek is honored with the '2016 Hsinchu Science Park R&D Accomplishment Awards’

Realtek’s RTS5421 USB 3.1 Type-C HUB Wins Best Choice Golden Award at COMPUTEX 2016

Realtek’s RTL8762A Bluetooth Low Energy SoC Wins Best Choice Golden Award at COMPUTEX 2016

2015

Realtek’s RTL8195AM Low Power Wi-Fi IoT SoC Wins Best Choice Golden Award at COMPUTEX 2015

Realtek’s RTD2999 4K Ultra-High Picture Quality Smart TV SoC Wins Innovative Product Award 2015

2014

Realtek’s RTL8118AS Ultra Low Power Gaming NIC Wins Best Choice Green ICT Award at COMPUTEX 2014

Realtek’s RTL8881A 11ac AP/Router SOC Wins Best Choice Award at COMPUTEX 2014

2013

Realtek’s RTD2995 4K2K UHD Smart TV SoC Wins ‘Innovative Product Award 2013’

Realtek’s Low Power USB 3.0-to-Gigabit Ethernet Controller (RTL8153) Wins EDN China Innovation Award 2013

Realtek’s RTD2995 4K2K UHD Smart TV SoC Wins Best Choice Golden Award at COMPUTEX 2013

2012

PCI-Express Gigabit Ethernet Single Chip Controller (RTL8111GR-CG) Wins ‘EDN China Innovation Award 2012’

Realtek’s Hi-Fi Audio Single Chip with Voice/Sound DSP and CODEC (ALC5642) Receives ‘Innovative Product Award 2012’

Realtek is honored with the '2012 Hsinchu Science Park R&D Accomplishment Awards’

2011

Integrated 10/100/1000M Ethernet Controller (RTL8111FR) wins ‘Taiwan Green Classics Award 2011’

IEEE 802.11n 150Mbps Wireless AP/Router (RTL8196C + RTL8188RE) wins ‘Taiwan Green Classics Award 2011’

IEEE 802.11b/g/n 2.4GHz 1T1R WLAN Single-Chip Controller (RTL8188CE/RTL8188CUS) wins ‘Taiwan Green Classics Award 2011’

Realtek receives the 'Industrial Sustainable Excellence Award’

Realtek wins the 'Superior Enterprise Innovation Award’

Realtek is honored with the '2011 Science Park R&D Accomplishment Award’

2010

RTL8111E PCI-E 10/100/1000M Ethernet Controller wins ‘Outstanding IT Application/Products Award 2010’

Realtek is honored with the '2010 Hsinchu Science Park R&D Accomplishment Awards’

RTL8367M Single-Chip 5+2-Port 10/100/1000M Switch Controller receives an ‘Innovative Product Award 2010’from the Hsinchu Science Park Administration

Realtek RTL8111E Single-Chip Gigabit Ethernet Controller Wins 'Best Choice of COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2010 Award'

Realtek ALC899 High Fidelity PC Audio Codec Wins 'Best Choice of COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2010 Award'

2009

RTL8111DP-GR PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Management Controller receives an 'Innovative Product Award 2009' from the Hsinchu Science Park Administration

Realtek is honored with the '2009 Hsinchu Science Park R&D Accomplishment Awards’

Realtek’s RTD1073/1283 Full-HD Digital Media Processor wins ‘Outstanding I.T Application/Products Award 2009’

Realtek’s RTD1073 Full-HD Digital Media Processor wins ‘EDN China Innovation Award 2009’

Realtek wins ‘2009 National Invention and Creation Award’

2008

RTD2485D All-In-One LCD Monitor Controller receives an Innovative Product Award from the Hsinchu Science Park Administration

Realtek RTL8366SR Single Chip 5+1-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Controller Wins ‘EDN China Innovation Award 2008’

Realtek’s RTD2485D All-In-One LCD Monitor Controller wins Best Choice of COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2008 Award

2007

RTL8111C-GR Single-Chip PCIe Gigabit Ethernet Controller receives an Innovative Product Award from the Hsinchu Science Park Administration

Realtek receives a Science Park R&D Accomplishment Award from the Hsinchu Science Park Administration

Realtek's RTL8111C-GR Single-Chip PCIe Gigabit Ethernet Controller wins Best Choice of COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2007 Award

Groundbreaking of Realtek’s new building extension

2006

Realtek's ALC888 Telecom HDA wins Innovation Product Award 2006 from the Hsinchu Science Park Administration.

Realtek's High Definition Audio Codec (ALC888 Telecom) wins Best Choice of COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2006 Award

Realtek's High Definition Audio Codec for VoIP Applications receives a Technology Innovation Accelerated Award (TIAA) at Intel Developer Forum Spring 2006 (San Francisco)

Realtek receives a Science Park R&D Accomplishment Award 2006 from the Hsinchu Science Park Administration

Realtek certified as an ISO14001 registered company

2005

(Jun.)Grand opening for Realtek's new building

Realtek receives a Science Park R&D Accomplishment Award 2005 from the Hsinchu Science Park Administration

2004

Realtek receives an R&D grant from the Hsinchu Science Park Administration for development of PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Single-Chip Controller

Realtek's Dual-Band Triple-Mode WLAN Solutions receive a Best Choice of Computex award at Computex-Taipei 2004

Realtek employee and Dual-Band Triple-Mode WLAN Solutions are respectively awarded with Outstanding IT Elite and Outstanding IT Applications/Products by the committee for the Taiwan Information Technology Month

All-CMOS IEEE 802.11a/b/g Dual-Band Triple-Mode WLAN Chipsets with USB 2.0 Interface（RTL8187L﹢RTL8255）receives an Innovative Product Award from the Hsinchu Science Park Administration

Realtek receives a Science Park R&D Accomplishment Award 2004 from the Hsinchu Science Park Administration

2003

Ranked among Forbes Global 200 Best Small Companies

Single-Chip Gigabit Ethernet Controllers（RTL8169S/RTL8110S）receives an Innovative Product Award from the Hsinchu Science Park Administration

2002

(2002 Jan.)Offered Global Depositary Receipts (GDR)

Realtek receives R&D grants from the Hsinchu Science Park Administration for development of an Integrated IEEE 802.11b Media Access Controller and Baseband Processor, and a High-Performance Multi-Function Peripheral (MFP) Controller

Realtek's 6-Channel AC'97 Audio Codec receives a Best Choice of Computex award at Computex-Taipei 2002

Ranked among Global Top 10 Electronic Component Providers by Taiwan's Micro-Electronics Magazine

2001

Realtek's Multi-mode Single-Chip 10/100M Fast Ethernet Controller presented with the Component Design Award by EDN Asia Magazine

2000

Realtek receives an R&D grant from the Hsinchu Science Park Administration for development of a Quad 10/100M Fast Ethernet Transceiver

Presented with the Most Outstanding Award by MOEA's Chinese Association for Industrial Technology Advancement

Realtek’s 8-port 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Switch Controller with Embedded Memory(RTL8308) receives an Innovative Product Award from the Hsinchu Science Park Administration

1999

Realtek's IEEE 1394A 3-port 100/200/400 Mbps Cable Transceiver /Arbiter Chip(ALN 8801) receives an Innovative Product Award from the Hsinchu Science Park Administration

1998

(Oct.)Realtek approved as a listed company on the Taiwan Stock Exchange

1997

(1997 Sep.) Realtek approved as a listed company on the Taiwan Over-The-Counter Securities Exchange

Realtek’s Single-Chip Fast Ethernet Controller receives Best Component and Best Product Awards at COMPUTEX TAIPEI ’97

Presented with the Award for New Product Development by the Industrial Development Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA)

Realtek’s Single-Chip Fast Ethernet Controller(RTL8139) receives an Innovative Product Award from the Hsinchu Science Park Administration

1995

(1995 Sep.) Realtek certified as an ISO9001 registered company

1993

Realtek's RTG3108 High-Performance Window AcceleratorChipsetreceives an Innovative Product Award from the Hsinchu Science Park Administration

1987

(Oct.) Realtek founded