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| 1990 | Apr | MegaChips is established in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, and starts a contract development operation. |
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| 1991 | Aug | Customer specific LSI (ASIC) business starts. |
| 1995 | Sep | MegaChips-brand application specific LSI (ASSP) business begins. |
| Oct | Systems business unit is set up. | |
| 1996 | Jan | Head office moves to Yodogawa-ku, Osaka. |
| 1997 | Jul | Taiwan branch office opens in Taipei, Taiwan. |
| 1998 | Feb | Tokyo sales office, responsible for sales in the eastern area of Japan, opens. |
| Aug | MegaChips is listed on the Japanese OTC market. | |
| Dec | Visual Communication Inc., a joint venture with Mitsui & Co., Ltd., is established in Osaka for sales of systems products. |
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| 2000 | Apr | Visual Communication, Inc. is merged with Cameo Interactive, Ltd., to form a new company, Megafusion Corporation. Audio authoring business begins. |
| Dec | MegaChips is listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. (TSE: 6875) | |
| 2004 | Feb | The MegaChips group obtains ISO14001 certification. |
| Apr | After groupwide restructuring, MegaChips Corporation shifts to the holding company, under which two subsidiaries are formed: MegaChips LSI Solutions, Inc. for the LSI business; and MegaChips System Solutions, Inc. for the systems business and audio authoring business. Audio authoring business is transferred to a newly established subsidiary, Cameo Interactive. Ltd. |
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| Oct | MegaChips Corporation sells all the issued shares of its wholly-owned subsidiary Cameo Interactive, Ltd. to the e frontier, Inc. | |
| 2005 | May | MegaChips Corporation acquires 100% stake in Shun Yin Investment Ltd. and concludes a business alliance agreement with Macronix International Co., Ltd. |
| 2006 | Mar | The MegaChips group obtains ISO9001 certification. |
| 2007 | Apr | MegaChips Corporation adapts a resolution to merge its subsidiaries MegaChips LSI Solutions Inc. and MegaChips Systems Solutions Inc. |
