Milestones
2011- Awarded 2011 National TrainQuali Prize (NTQP) by Council of Labor Affairs. (2011.12)
- Awarded 2011 Taiwan TrainQuali System (TTQS) - Gold Award. (2011.12)
- Awarded 2010 Friendly Workplace by Council of Labor Affairs. (2010.12)
- Celebrated Sunplus’ 20th Anniversary and kept going for “Technology for Easy Living”. (2010.08)
- Certified ISO-9001:2008 Quality Assessment by TUV NORD. (2010.01)
- Started up iCatch Technology Inc. to take over the DSC business from Sunplus mMedia Inc. (2009.12)
- Reached NT$898 million from its multimedia product monthly revenue, as a record high after re-grouping in 2006. (2009.10)
- Spun off Sunplus mMedia’s product lines: PC-Cam to Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc.; PMP/MP3/DPF to Generalplus Technology Inc.; DSC to new start-up. (2009.10)
- Transferred the buy-back 6,629,000 shares to employees. (2009.10)
- Elected the 8th Board of Directors and Supervisors in AGM2009, the BOD re-elected Unanimously Mr. Chou-Chye Huang as Chairman. (2009.05)
- Joint-promoted with DTS next generation DVD SoC delivering the ultimate audio entertainment experience. (2009.03)
- Sunplus mMobile Inc. spun-off its Communication Center to HT mMobile Inc. (2009.03)
- Presented Sunplus wide range of DTV IC solutions from entry-level to high-end at International CES 2009. (2009.01)
- Finished to buy-back Sunplus mMedia Inc. of 7,450 million shares (2008.11)
- Awarded 2008 Benchmark of Taiwan TrainQuali System (TTQS). (2008.10)
- Established new subsidiary Sunplus APP Technology in Beijing, to follow up Sunplus University Program in China. (2008.04)
- Launched first DTMB demodulator for China digital broadcasting TV system among Taiwanese IC design companies. (2008.03)
- Licensed optical storage technology to Broadcom Corporation with license income up to US$38million. (2008.03)
- Licensed hyper-sensitization GPS technology from CORE Corporation. (2008.03)
- Established a new subsidiary, Sunmedia Technology, in Chengdu. (2008.01)
- Established a new subsidiary, Sunplus Prof-tek Technology, in Shenzhen. (2007.12)
- Certified IECQ 080000 for hazardous substance process management. (2007.12)
- Highly integrated SoC SPG290 with interactive game and education function won the “Innovation Product Award 2007” from Hsinchu SIPA. (2007.12)
- Presented world's first DVD SoC solution with DivX HD playability. (2007.10)
- Established a new subsidiary, Sunplus Core Technology, with Sunplus S+core® team and ITRI PAC DSP team. (2007.10)
- Sunplus 32-bits processor core S+core® won the “National Invention and Creation Award” by TIPO, Ministry of Economics Affairs. (2007.09)
- Sunplus mMobile Inc., the subsidiary of Sunplus, spun-off its multimedia center into Sunplus mMedia Inc.. (2007.04)
- Completed the return of capital with outstanding shares afterward 512,953,665 shares. (2007.03)
- Licensed digital TV SoC IP to Silicon Image, Inc. and received US$40 million for license fee. (2007.02)
- Established a new record high with 2006 profit after tax, NT$2.97 billion. (2006.12)
- Approved return of capital NT$5.11 billion by shareholders’ extraordinary general meeting. (2006.12)
- Spun-off Personal Entertainment Business Unit and Advanced Business Unit into Sunplus mMobile Inc. (2006.12)
- Spun-off Controller & Peripheral Business Unit into Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc. (2006.12)
- Sunplus 32-bit Embedded Processor IP Development Project awarded the Outstanding Contribution to the Industry Award by Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs. (2006.09)
- Demonstrated the new IC solutions at Computex Taipei 2006. (2006.06)
- Sunplus 32-bit Embedded Processor IP Development Project received The Best Originality Award from Taiwan National System-on-Chip Program 2006. (2006.03)
- Spun-Off LCD IC business to Orise Technology Co., Ltd.. (2006.03)
- Revealed new products at International CES 2006. (2006.01)
- Net sales of 2005 of NT$18.781 billion. (2006.01)
- Re-Organization and Spin-off LCD IC Business. The new organization includes 4 product Business Units as HE (Home Entertainment) BU, PE (Personal Entertainment) BU, C&P (Controller & Peripheral) BU and Advanced BU. (2005.12)
- Announced first DVD Chip worldwide to Receive New DivX Ultra Certification. (2005.11)
- Announced first PHS baseband IC going on mass production. (2005.10)
- Monthly sales of NT$1,899 million set a new record high. (2005.09)
- Announced Mobile Imaging Controller with MPEG4 applied to the world's first mega pixel Mobile IP Cam. (2005.08)
- Merged ITRI/CCL 3G team and started to develop 3G handset IC solutions. (2005.08)
- Announced collaboration with Aglient on Next-Generation Optical Mouse Solutions. (2005.08)
- Introduced USB2.0-to-Serial ATA Bridge Solutions Targeting External Serial-ATA Storage Applications. (2005.06)
- Announced Taiwan's first 32bit S+Core® processor. (2005.06)
- Awarded R&D Performance Award 2004 from Hsinchu Science Park Administration. (2004.12)
- MFP SoC with 4800dpi super high photo image quality won “Innovation Product Award 2004” from Hsinchu Science Park Administration. (2004.12)
- Monthly sales of NT$1,875 million set record high. (2004.09)
- Stock dividends, employee bonus, capital surplus reinvested as capital rose to NT$8,753 million. (2004.08)
- Monthly sales of NT$ 1,275 million set record high while the net sales for 2003 added up to NT$11.1 billion as landmark. (2003.12)
- Awarded "Innovation Product Award 2003" and "R&D Performance Award 2003" from Hsinchu Science Park Administration. (2003.12)
- Established new milestone for monthly sales over NT$1 Billion. (2003.08)
- Aligned to joint-develop of System-on-Chip(SoC) solutions and deliver broad portfolio of digital media solutions with Silicon Image Inc. (2003.08)
- Stock dividends reinvested as new capital rose to NT$7,775 million. (2003.07)
- Licensed PanelLink DVI core IP from Silicon Image to develop dual-mode LCD controller solutions. (2003.07)
- Announced reorganization by altering the Product Business Unit Systems to Functional Unit Systems. (2003.06)
- Licensed MPEG-4 video compression technology from DivXNetworks to create DivX certified IC solutions for consumer electronic products. (2003.05)
- Licensed 32-bit core IP from MIPS Technology for next-generation with OAK. (2003.02)
- Completed acquisition of Oak Optical Storage Business and spin-off a new venture, Sunext Technology. (2003.04)
- Sunplus sets the monthly sales record for the amount of NT$ 860millions. (2002.09)
- Sunplus introduces its 7-in-1 card reader controller. (2002.08)
- Sunplus purchases a new office building (Building B) at Science Park, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan. (2002.07)
- Sunplus sponsors the new Innovation park at Science Park, Hsin-Chu. (2002.07)
- Sunplus increases its capital to NT$ 6,949 millions. (2002.06)
- Sunplus introduces the 16-bit µ'nSP® technology for Short Message Service (SMS). (2002.06)
- Sunplus announces the 4-million pixels chip solution for the high resolution digital still camera. 2002.04)
- Sunplus launches the ERP/SAP system, Enterprise Resource Planning, to strengthen its efficiency and competency. (2002.02)
- Sunplus establishes a sub-company at Shanghai, China to offer a thorough customer service in the mainland area. (2002.01)
- Sunplus completes the Grandtech merger to enhance its R&D ability in image SoC core technologies. (2001.12)
- MPEG-II decoder released for DVD player. (2001.10)
- Multi media video controller released for LCD TV. (2001.09)
- Monthly sales of 722 million set record high. (2001.08)
- Issued stock dividends for 164 million shares, therefore total shares increased from 370 million to 534 million. (2001.07)
- Using µ’nSP as the core technology to develop SPCE500 for voice recognition and voice compression/decompression. (2001.06)
- Sunplus successfully lunched its Global Depositary Receipts on the London Stock Exchange. (2001.03)
- Million-pixel Digital Camera Processor released for Triple Mode Camera. (2001.01)
- SPOD80 OLED Driver IC released. (2001.01)
- Awarded the "Distinguished Achievement Award" by Hsinchu Science Park Administration. (2000.12)
- Company reorganization, set Consumer and Multimedia Business Units for company's long term development and the board meeting appointed Mr. Yarn Chen Chen as the president. (2000.09)
- Certified ISO-9001 Quality Assessment by RWTUV. (2000.06)
- 1Mbit bus flash released for expansion memory. (2000.06)
- Issued stock dividends for 100.88 million shares, therefore total shares increased from 269.12 million to 370 million. (2000.06)
- MPEG Audio & CD Decoder SPCA752A released for CD -based portable audio device. (2000.05)
- Voice engine SPDS106 released for educational products. (2000.05)
- Listed on the main board of the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE). (2000.01)
- XGA Digital Camera Processor released for Dual Mode Camera. (2000.02)
- Sunplus Technology was elected to the world's 300 best companies by Forbes magazine.(1999.10)
- Sunplus Technology, in a joint effort with Goldkey, received a grant from Industrial Development Bureau of MOEA for the contact/contactless Combi smart card development project.(1999.10)
- Issued stock dividends for 85.1 million shares, therefore total shares increased from 184 million to 269.1 million.(1999.08)
- SPCA501C, USB PC Camera Image Processor for CMOS Image Sensor announced.(1999.07)
- Sunplus Technology developed SPCA506A, USB TV-to-PC Processor which applied for PC Camera.(1999.06)
- DSP-based speech synthesizer, SPDS105, announced and applied for electric story book & interactive toys. (1999.05)
- SPCA501A, USB PC Camera Image Processor for CCD Image Sensor announced. (1998.10)
- Lower cost, higher performance, all new enhanced speech synthesizer product, SPES series, announced. (1998.10)
- Issued stock dividends for 78.5 million shares, therefore total shares increased from 105.5 million to 184 million. (1998.07)
- The Taiwan Top 1000 Manufacturers of 1997 from the Common Wealth Magazine ranked Sunplus Technology as the 10th in profitability, the 13th in overall operation and 357th in revenue. (1998.06)
- SPLG01, the multi-color LCD controller chip, was announced and applied with the Electrical-Controlled-Birefringence STN LCD. (1998.03)
- Monthly sales of NT$500 millions set record high. (1997.09)
- Sunplus Technology was IPO on the Over-The-Counter stock market with the record high price of NT$136 per share. (1997.09)
- Sunplus Audio Coding Method 480 (SACM480), a high-compression-rate voice algorithm, applied on storing entire storybook in a single DSP chip. (1997.08)
- Sunplus Technology received a grant from Science Park Administration for an Image Compression Algorithm Research project for Digital Still Camera chip set. (1994.04)
- Grand opening of Sunplus building with 10Kpcs 6" Wafers/Month in-house wafer circuit probe testing capacity. (1997.01)
- Awarded "The most productive IC design company" by Hsinchu Science Park Administration. (1996.04)
- Issued stock dividends for 41.14 million shares, therefore total shares increased from 64.36 million to 105.5 million. (1997.06)
- Groundbreaking for the construction of Sunplus’ office building, located in 19, Innovation First Road, Hsinchu Science Park. (1995.12)
- Received approval for IPO by Taiwan Securities and Futures Bureau. (1995.06)
- Started in-house wafer circuit probe testing operation. (1994.09)
- Released the first microcontroller-based stereo voice synthesizer with thirty seconds duration, SPC120. (1994.03)
- Moved into Hsinchu Science Park. (1993.10)
- Obtained approval from the SIPA to move into Hsinchu Science Park. (1993.05)
- The first LCD controller, SPL01, entered mass production. (1993.03)
- The Talking Watch Chip, SPU01, entered mass production. (1991.11)
- The first voice synthesizer, SPS12, entered mass production. (1991.09)
- Sunplus was founded. (1990.08)
