Realtek Semiconductor Corp. is a Chinese company established in 1987 in Taiwan by a group of seven skilled engineers. During the three decades of its life, the firm has developed into one of the largest and most successful integrated circuit design houses with a worldwide reputation. Today Realtek Semiconductor, although it does not have any production facility of its own, deals with the development of integrated circuits for communication networks, computer peripheral and multimedia equipment. In 2017 the company’s year turnover reached the figure of 1, 37 billion US dollars.