| 1990 |
1990: Founded |
| 1990 |
1990: MegaChips was founded as a system LSI fabless manufacturer, specializing in research and development while outsourcing all production, overturning the conventional wisdom of the time. |
| 1990 |
Founded. |
| 1990-04-01 |
Founded in Suita City, Osaka Prefecture, and began contract development business. |
| 1990-04 |
Founded in Suita City, Osaka Prefecture, and started contract development business. |
| 1991 |
1991: Started customer-specific LSI business |
| 1991 |
Started a customer-specific LSI business. |
| 1991-08-01 |
Started customer-specific LSI business. |
| 1991-08 |
Launched customer-specific LSI business. |
| 1995 |
1995: Started in-house brand LSI and system product business |
| 1995 |
1995: Began supplying ASSP products (application-specific standard LSIs) under its own brand for television and other uses. Additionally, drawing on experience from the Hanshin Awaji earthquake, the company developed equipment that records and streams remote locations using proprietary video compression technology, adopted for factories, power plants, buildings, elevators, and other wide-ranging applications. |
| 1995 |
Started in-house brand LSI business and system product business. |
| 1995-09-01 |
Started in-house brand LSI business. |
| 1995-09 |
Started own brand LSI business. |
| 1995-10-01 |
Started system product business. |
| 1995-10 |
Initiated system product business. |
| 1996-01-01 |
Moved headquarters from Suita City, Osaka Prefecture to Yodogawa-ku, Osaka City. |
| 1996-01 |
Relocated headquarters from Suita City, Osaka Prefecture, to Yodogawa Ward, Osaka City. |
| 1998 |
1998: Established Tokyo office |
| 1998 |
1998: Went public |
| 1998 |
Established a Tokyo office. |
| 1998 |
Public offering of shares. |
| 1998-02-01 |
Established a Tokyo branch (now Tokyo office) as a sales base in eastern Japan. |
| 1998-02 |
Established Tokyo Sales Office (now Tokyo Business Office) as a sales base in Eastern Japan. |
| 1998-08-01 |
Publicly listed shares. |
| 1998-08 |
Went public on the Tokyo Stock Exchange First Section. |
| 1998-12-01 |
Established Visual Communication Co., Ltd. as a joint venture with Mitsui & Co., Ltd. as a distributor of system products. |
| 1998-12 |
Established Visual Communication Co., Ltd. as a joint venture with Mitsui & Co., Ltd. for system product sales. |
| 2000 |
2000: Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| 2000 |
Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| 2000-04-01 |
Visual Communication Co., Ltd. and Camera Interactive Co., Ltd. merged and changed the company name to MegaFusion Co., Ltd. |
| 2000-04 |
Merged Visual Communication Co., Ltd. and Cameo Interactive Co., Ltd., changing the company name to Mega Fusion Co., Ltd. |
| 2000-12-01 |
Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| 2000-12 |
Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange First Section. |
| 2003-10-01 |
Carried out a share exchange with MegaFusion Co., Ltd. (later Mega Chips System Solutions Inc.) to make it a wholly-owned subsidiary. |
| 2003-10 |
Conducted share exchange making MegaChips Systems Solutions Co., Ltd. a wholly owned subsidiary. |
| 2004 |
2004: Obtained ISO 14001 certification |
| 2004 |
2004: World's first JPEG2000 LSI |
| 2004 |
Obtained ISO 14001 certification. |
| 2004-02-01 |
Obtained ISO 14001 certification for an international environmental management system. |
| 2004-02 |
Obtained ISO 14001 certification for international environmental management system. |
| 2004-04-01 |
Reorganized business through a corporate split, transitioning to a structure with Mega Chips Co., Ltd. as a pure holding company: established Mega Chips LSI Solutions Co., Ltd. as a new split to handle the LSI business; split the system business into Mega Chips System Solutions Co., Ltd.; and newly split the audio and authoring business of Mega Chips System Solutions into Camera Interactive Co., Ltd. |
| 2004-04 |
Reorganized business through company split, transitioning to a pure holding company structure with MegaChips as the parent company: established MegaChips LSI Solutions Co., Ltd. for LSI business, split off system business into MegaChips System Solutions Co., Ltd., and split off audio and authoring business of MegaChips System Solutions into Cameo Interactive Co., Ltd. |
| 2004-10-01 |
Sold all issued shares of Camera Interactive Co., Ltd. to the Frontier Group. |
| 2004-10 |
(Kameo Interactive Inc.) sold all issued shares to the E-Fronte Group |
| 2005-05-01 |
Acquired shares of Shun Yin Investment Ltd. (English name: Shun Yin Investment Ltd.). |
| 2005-05 |
Acquisition of shares of Shun Yin Investment Limited ( |
| 2006 |
2006: Obtained ISO 9001 certification |
| 2006 |
Ground-based digital broadcast reception LSI (ASSP) |
| 2006 |
Obtained ISO 9001 certification. |
| 2006-03-01 |
Obtained ISO 9001 certification for an international quality management system. |
| 2006-03 |
Obtained certification for the international quality management system "ISO9001" |
| 2007 |
Wireless intercom (world's first using Wi-Fi in 2007) |
| 2007-04-01 |
Absorbed Mega Chips LSI Solutions Co., Ltd. into Mega Chips System Solutions Co., Ltd. |
| 2007-04 |
Merged MegaChips LSIs Solutions Inc. and MegaChips Systems Solutions Inc. |
| 2009 |
2009: World's first JPEG XR IP |
| 2012-07-01 |
Acquired shares of Kawasaki Microelectronics Co., Ltd. and made it a wholly-owned subsidiary. |
| 2012-07 |
Acquired shares of Kawasaki Microelectronics Inc. and made it a wholly owned subsidiary |
| 2013 |
Established MegaChips Taiwan Corporation as a Taiwan business base |
| 2013 |
Leveraged Kawasaki Microelectronics' overseas network to promote global sales, marketing, and development. |
| 2013 |
Both companies have been quickly responding to the emerging demand for IoT by integrating their strengths in digital and analog technologies, expanding business with excellent global customers, and adding competitive ASSP products to their product portfolios through M&A of overseas companies. |
| 2013 |
Merger with Kawasaki Microelectronics |
| 2013 |
Development of timing controller LSI for LCD panels, intelligent sensor hub LSI, full digital video recording and transmission systems, IP for optical communication, LSI, analog front-end LSI, multi-hop communication LSI for wired (coaxial, power line), office equipment LSI, LCD panel LSI, industrial communication LSI, home network LSI, and more. |
| 2013-04 |
April 2013: Merged with Kawasaki Microelectronics Co., Ltd., taking the first step toward globalization. |
| 2013-04-01 |
Integrated management with Kawasaki Microelectronics Co., Ltd. |
| 2013-04 |
Merged with Kawasaki Microelectronics Co., Ltd. and took the first step toward globalization. |
| 2013-04 |
Integrated management with Kawasaki Microelectronics Inc. |
| 2013-09-01 |
Established MegaChips Taiwan Corporation (English name: MegaChips Taiwan Corporation) as a sales base in East Asia. |
| 2013-09 |
Established MegaChips Taiwan Corporation as a sales base in East Asia |
| 2014-11-01 |
Acquired SiTime Corporation of the United States and entered the timing device sector. |
| 2014-11 |
Acquired US-based SiTime Corporation and entered the timing device field |
| 2017 |
2017: Developed high-speed wired communication LSI for automotive |
| 2017 |
Developed high-speed wired communication LSI for automotive applications. |
| 2019-01-01 |
Divided the system business and transferred it to Sensings Japan Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Mizuho Holdings Co., Ltd. |
| 2019-01 |
Divided the system business and succeeded to Sense Things Japan Inc., a subsidiary of Mamezo Holdings Inc. |
| 2019-11-01 |
SiTime Corporation was listed on the NASDAQ Global Market. |
| 2019-11 |
SiTime Corporation listed on NASDAQ Global Market |
| 2020 |
Shift towards business development focused on industrial equipment. |
| 2020-03-01 |
Started business operations with MegaChips LSI USA Corporation as a North American sales office. |
| 2020-03 |
Started business activities as North American sales base for MegaChips LSI USA Corporation |
| 2020-06-01 |
Sold a portion of the shares of consolidated subsidiary SiTime Corporation and made the company an affiliate. |
| 2020-06 |
Sold part of the shares of consolidated subsidiary SiTime Corporation and made it an associated company |
| 2021 |
2021: Established a CVC fund by MegaChips LSI USA Corporation |
| 2021 |
Established CVC fund by MegaChips LSI USA Corporation. |
| 2021-06-01 |
Established the corporate venture capital fund MegaChips VC USA LLC (now a consolidated subsidiary) through investment from MegaChips LSI USA Corporation. |
| 2021-06 |
Established MegaChips VC USA LLC (currently a consolidated subsidiary), a corporate venture capital fund, through investment in MegaChips LSI USA Corporation |
| 2022 |
2022: Agreed on a capital alliance and strategic partnership with Morse Micro Inc. |
| 2022 |
Entered into capital alliance and strategic partnership with Morse Micro. |
| 2022-04-01 |
Transitioned to the Prime market following a change in the Tokyo Stock Exchange market classification: established the corporate venture capital fund MegaChips VC2 USA LLC (now a consolidated subsidiary) through investment from MegaChips LSI USA Corporation. |
| 2022-04 |
Moved to the Prime Market due to change in market classification of the Tokyo Stock Exchange: Established MegaChips VC2 USA LLC (currently a consolidated subsidiary), a corporate venture capital fund, through investment in MegaChips LSI USA Corporation |
| 2023-01-01 |
Invested in LDVP MCC Co-Investment Fund, L.P., along with our company and MegaChips LSI USA Corporation, and made the fund a subsidiary. |
| 2023-01 |
Invested in LDVP MCC Co-Investment Fund, L.P., and made the company a subsidiary, with investment from our company and MegaChips LSI USA Corporation |
| 2024-03-01 |
Excluded SiTime Corporation, an affiliate, from the equity method applied affiliate. |
| 2024-03 |
Excluded SiTime Corporation, a related company, from the associated company with equity method application |
| 2025-01-01 |
Invested in LDVP MCC Co-Investment Fund II, L.P. and LDV Partners III, L.P., and made the funds subsidiaries. |
| 2025-01 |
Invested in LDVP MCC Co-Investment Fund II, L.P., and LDV Partners III, L.P., and made the funds subsidiaries, with investment from our company |
