GeezerVison

Palit Microsystems, Ltd.
Native name	同德股份有限公司
Romanized name	Tóng dé gǔfèn yǒuxiàn gōngsī
Type	Private
Industry	Computer hardware
Founded	1988 (1988)
Founder	Li Shilong
Headquarters	Taipei , Taiwan
Area served	Worldwide
Products	Graphic cards
Number of employees	< 3,000 (2023)
Divisions	Gainward KFA2 Daytona GALAX Vivkoo Yuan XpertVision
Website	www.palit.com

Palit Microsystems, Ltd. is a Taiwanese computer hardware company, founded in 1988. It is known for exclusive manufacturing of graphic cards on the basis of Nvidia and ATI graphic chipsets. Palit's factories are found in mainland China, while the offices are in Taipei, a logistics center in Hong Kong, and branch office in Germany.^[1]

Palit Microsystems runs two major brands, Palit, and Gainward, which target different global markets, and other brands like Daytona, Galaxy (GALAX), Vivkoo, Yuan, KFA2 (Kick Fuckin Ass²), and XpertVision. It also contract-manufactures graphics cards for other companies. In 2013 Palit Microsystems surpassed ASUSTek, becoming the biggest graphics card vendor by volume.^[2][3] Palit Microsystems' monthly maximum capacity reaches 1,200,000 units.^[1][4] As of 2011 Palit's production share was about at 20–25% of world market of graphics solutions. In the same time on , ie Russian market Pal,it had more than 40%, in Ukraine – about 30%.^[5]

In 2005 Palit Microsystems acquired the Gainward brand, company and branch Gainward Europe GmbH for $1 million ofromTaiwan-based TNC Industrial.^[6]