Nuvoton Explained

Nuvoton Technology Corp.
Native Name:新唐科技股份有限公司
Native Name Lang:zh-TW
Type:Public
Trade Name:Nuvoton
Foundation:2008
Hq Location:Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park
Hq Location City:Hsinchu
Hq Location Country:Taiwan
Key People:
  • Arthur Yu-Cheng Chiao, Chairman
  • Yuan-Mou Su, CEO
Industry:Semiconductor
Products:
  • Microcontroller application integrated circuits (ICs)
  • Audio application ICs
  • Cloud & computing ICs
Services:Foundry
Num Employees:1,678
Subsid:
  • Nuvoton Electronics Technology (H.K.) Limited
  • Nuvoton Electronics Technology (Shanghai) Limited
  • Nuvoton Electronics Technology (Shenzhen) Limited
  • Nuvoton Technology Corp. America
  • Nuvoton Technology Israel Ltd.
  • Nuvoton Technology India Private Limited
  • Nuvoton Technology Germany GmbH
  • Nuvoton Technology Corporation Japan
  • Nuvoton Technology Korea Limited
  • Nuvoton Technology Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Website:https://www.nuvoton.com/

Nuvoton Technology Corporation is a Taiwanese semiconductor company established in 2008. It originated as a wholly owned subsidiary of Winbond Electronics Corp. before becoming an independent entity. It became a public company in September 2010 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE).

Overview

Nuvoton develops and manufactures various semiconductor products, including microcontroller application integrated circuits (ICs) for audio, cloud and computing. Nuvoton also provides foundry services. The company's consumer electronics ICs focus on microcontroller ICs and voice and speech ICs. Nuvoton designs and manufactures key chips for PC motherboards, laptops, and servers, offering super I/O components, clock generators, hardware monitoring, power management ICs. Notebook keyboard controllers, embedded controllers for mobile platforms and TPM security chips.

Nuvoton operates a six-inch wafer fab, providing foundry services for its own branded IC products and for manufacturing partners.

History

In September 2020, Nuvoton completed the acquisition of Panasonic's chip unit for $250 million in an all-cash transaction. This strategic move aimed to enhance Nuvoton's presence in the automobile and automation industries.[1] [2]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Tzu-ti . Huang . Taiwan's Nuvoton buys Panasonic's chip unit . Taiwan News . 2020-09-01 . 2021-08-15 .
  2. Web site: Shilov . Anton . Panasonic to Sell Semiconductor Business to Nuvoton . 2024-05-15 . www.anandtech.com.