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Company Name: C-Media

Description: C-Media or C-Media Electronics Inc. was established around the year 1991 by Eric Cheng with an initial capital of only US $180,000. The company is a manufacturer of computer hardware, with their main focus being audio equipment for PCs. They offered public shares also called IPOs with the stock label 6237 via the Taiwan OTC or Over the Counter stock exchange in April of 2003.

From the company’s $4,600,000 revenue in 1996, they increased it to $15,000,000 in 1998 largely due to their 3D audio technology. In 2008, they surpassed the $20 million mark with over $28 million in profits.

The C-Media Electronics Inc. produces, markets, exports, and imports a wide range of IT related products. These products include computers and computer peripherals, electronic components and spare parts, transistors, and integrate circuit boards. Their main headquarters is located in Taipei, Taiwan and they export products to Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, and North America.

The company is likewise involved in the ‘Software as a Service’ which simply means that support software for C-Media products like software upgrades and firmware are readily available online.

In 1993, C-Media was commissioned by a renowned computer hardware company to produce 8-bit audio chips for the Windows 3.1 OS. This project cemented the company’s presence in the audio chip field.

Their market share also increased in 1997 when they participated in the 3-D audio technology transfer from British to Taiwanese which is supported by the Taiwanese government. In this project, Sensaura Company was tasked to undertake the Digital Signal Processing and sound theories’ technical training. From then on, C-Media obtained and used Sensaura’s source code for the 3D audio technology.

C-Media also partnered with Elite Computer on developing the ISA 3D audio chips. They likewise teamed up with PCTel to create audio chips which can be utilized for incorporating fiber optics as well as 56kbps software modem interface.

C-Media also has its share of ‘world’s firsts’. These include their release of the Dolby Digital Live, the 5.1 real-time Dolby Channel encoder, and the Dolby headphone and Dolby Virtual speaker implementation at the driver level. These likewise include their Dolby Digital Live 5.1 transmissions across standard wireless network 802.11, and their HDA solutions.
Currently, C-Media is focused on expanding and marketing their Xear3D technology which offers an audio interface that is comprehensive and completely backward compatible for the Windows Vista.

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