MediaTek unveils record bonuses amid sales surge
By Lisa Wang / Staff reporter
MediaTek Inc (聯發科) yesterday announced it would give incentive bonuses totaling NT$1.7 billion (US$59.7 million) to its employees and those at the firm’s major subsidiaries, after the smartphone chip supplier’s revenue hit US$10 billion last year.
This is the biggest incentive bonus the Hsinchu-based handset chip designer has ever distributed in its 23-year history.
About 17,000 full-time employees of MediaTek and five of its subsidiaries, including Richtek Technology Corp (立錡科技) and Airoha Technology Corp (絡達科技), would receive a “red envelope” of NT$100,000 each, the company said.
From left, MediaTek Inc president Joe Chen, chairman Tsai Ming-kai and chief executive officer Rick Tsai yesterday thank the company’s employees after the chip designer’s revenue hit US$10 billion last year.
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Realme Mobile eyes boost from MediaTek tie-up
By Lisa Wang / Staff reporter
Chinese smartphone company Realme Mobile Telecommunications (Shenzhen) Co (銳爾覓移動通信) adopted MediaTek Inc’s (聯發科) 5G chips for its new smartphones launched in Taiwan yesterday in a joint effort to expand their share of the 5G smartphone market.
Realme’s new flagship model, the Realme X7 Pro, is equipped with MediaTek’s 5G system-on-a-chip (SoC) Dimensity 1000+, the latest premium SoC from the Taiwanese chip designer.
The Dimensity 1000+ is also used in Xiaomi Corp’s (小米) Remi K30 Ultra and Vivo Communication Technology Co’s (維沃) IQOO Z1 in China, as MediaTek aims to grab a 50 percent share of China’s 5G smartphone chip market.