# Leadtek

Leadtek Research, Inc. (Chinese: 麗臺科技) is a Taiwanese company, founded in 1986, which focuses on research and development that is specialized in the design and manufacture of graphics cards.

## Products

Products in Leadtek's Computer Group include 3D graphics accelerators (of the NVIDIA GeForce line, mainstream and workstation-class). Currently, Leadtek's product lines are covering computer gaming graphics cards, workstation graphics cards, AI software and hardware, AI cloud supercomputing workstations, desktop virtualization Zero Client/Thin Client, smart medical/health care, school research and big data.
In 2019, Leadtek acquired the world-renowned oximeter brand Alvital. Through non-invasive, fast, and accurate measurement of blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) and pulse rate, its oximeters gained recognition and were purchased by governments during the COVID-19 pandemic. The brand also obtained international medical certifications, including FDA (USA), PMDA (Japan), and TFDA (Taiwan), aiding countries severely affected by COVID-19. This contributed to a gradual increase in Leadtek's revenue from its medical business in recent years. In 2023, Leadtek launched a home sleep monitoring service, offering market-oriented solutions and sleep screening services to address the needs of individuals with insomnia. This initiative aims to solve the pain points of the insomnia population, further expanding Leadtek's footprint in the healthcare market.

## History
### Key dates

* 1997 Pioneer of GPS products since 1997 (one of Taiwan's earliest).
* 2000 Leadtek GPS module became “de facto” Smart Antenna. module (9531) SiRF Star I GPS module (9520).
* 2001 Mini size GPS antenna for PDA application . 9532 Smart Antenna. 9540/9542/9543 SS-2 module.
* 2002 9543LP module/ 9546 SiRFXtrac module . 9546 SiRFXtrac module. 9534 CF card receiver.
* 2003 9551 SD card receiver. 9547 SiRFLoc/ SiRFXtrac module. 9800 2t host-based module . First Bluetooth GPS Receiver 9537-SiRF Star II.
* 2004 First GPS receiver (9553)-SiRF Star III chipset. First SMD module (9548)-SiRF Star III chipset. First tiny Bluetooth GPS Receiver 9553. SiRF Star II SMD module (9805). First GPS receiver with RDS/TMC function (9815) to European market.
* 2005 All-in-one GPS Navigator (9700)-Win CE4.0 platform.
* 2006 9101LP/9548SLP/9552LP module (SiRF Star III). 9805ST/9540G/9121/9122 module (SiRF Star II). 9500EVK evaluation kit. 9559X Bluetooth GPS receiver.
* 2007 9450 GPS Smart Antenna. 9569 Bluetooth GPS receiver. 9750/9752 PND (Personal Navigation Device).
* 2008 LR 8M03 LBS Tracker.
* 2016 Cooperated with the Canadian Nano Research company to develop “NewClean long effect nano-spray”.
* 2017 Leadtek became a certified partner of NVIDIA DLI (Deep Learning Institute) and started AI talent training course.
* 2019 Leadtek was awarded " Taiwan i sports (Certificate of Corporate Wellness) " by Sports Administration, Ministry of Education
* 2020 H2 Plus Wearable ECG Recorder won the 29th Taiwan Excellence Award (2021)
* 2021 Leadtek workstations have been validated by NVIDIA as NVIDIA-Certified Systems
* 2022 Leadtek has been certified by three international management systems: SGS ISO 27001 (information security), ISO 27017 (cloud service information security) and ISO 27701 (privacy information), providing customers with system information security, cloud security and personal information security.
* 2023 Leadtek Launched the 8D52 wearable blood oxygen monitor, which integrates blood oxygen and heart rate monitoring.