Sunplus Technology Company Limited was established in 1990. After 3 years, Sunplus moved into the Hsinchu Science Park. In Sep. 1997, Sunplus became a listed company on Taiwan's Over The Counter stock exchange and was listed on the main board of the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) in Jan. 2000. In Mar. 2001 Sunplus successfully launched its Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs) on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol "SUPD". It is the first Asian IC design company to issue GDRs. The company current outstanding shares are 512,953,665 shares.

 

Due to the expansion of business scope, Sunplus re-organized from the functional business units system into product business unit system end of November in 2005. The company has spun-off the LCD IC business into Orise Technology on March 31st, 2006. Furthermore, it has spun-off its Controller& Peripheral BU into Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc. and Personal Entertainment BU with Advance BU to Sunplus mMobile Inc. Therefore, the new Sunplus Group with the parent company and the expertise of all subsidiaries, can share the common resources while each of them is more focus on their core business to maximize the values.