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MegaChips history
MegaChips company history timeline
Masahiro Shindo founded the company in 1990 as the country’s first fabless semiconductor company.
MegaChips came to the United States in 1995, but kept a low profile.
1997: Decided to adopt the fabless ASIC supplier business model; established relationship with Chartered
In 1998, the company achieved the goal that all startups dream of, an initial public offering (IPO). And like so many US-based startups, all the initial 21 employees held stock options, and at the time of the IPO, all the employees were shareholders.
2004: Adopted consistent worldwide name and brand and expanded into Europe
2013 K-micro changes name to MegaChips Technology America Corporation MegaChips Taiwan Corporation is established as regional headquarters in Asia.
2014 MegaChips Taiwan makes Modiotek Co., Ltd. a subsidiary.
2019 MegaChips transfers its System Product Division to Sense Things Japan INC., a consolidated subsidiary of Mamezou Holdings Co., LTD. SiTime Corporation was listed on the NASDAQ Global Market
In a much more aggressive move, in mid-2020, founder and Chairman, Masahiro Shindo, identified AI/ML technology to be critical to Megachips’ future and asked the US operation to take a leadership position in moving the company in that direction.
Later in 2021, MegaChips struck a strategic partnership with Motus-Labs to work jointly on products for the robotics and automated equipment.
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