Vimicro

Vimicro Corporation (Chinese: 中星微电子有限公司) is a Chinese fabless chip company which specializes in research and development and production and marketing of multimedia processors for personal computers (PCs) and mobile phones. It is headquartered in Haidian District, Beijing, China. It was founded in 1999 when the Chinese government invited a group of Chinese people who had been educated and had established careers in Silicon Valley to return to China to start a company.[1] It was the first Chinese chip design company with proprietary technology to be listed on NASDAQ.[2]

Vimicro Corporation
TypePublic (NASDAQ: VIMC)
FoundedOctober 1999
Websitewww.vimicro.com

References
  1. Huiyao Wang (2012). Globalizing China: The Influence, Strategies and Successes of Chinese Returnees. Emerald Group Publishing. p. 135. ISBN 9781780523897.
  2. Shujie Yao; Wu Bin; Stephen Morgan; Dylan Sutherland (2010). Sustainable Reform and Development in Post-Olympic China. Taylor & Francis. p. 131. ISBN 9780203840764.

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