aLi
Taiwan-based designer and manufacturer of embedded systems and PC integrated circuits.
ALi Corporation (formerly Acer Laboratories Incorporated or Acer Labs Inc., and commonly known as ALi) is a major designer and manufacturer of embedded systems integrated circuits, and a former manufacturer of personal computer integrated circuits. It is based in Taiwan, and was a subsidiary of the Acer group.
Quick Facts
- Affiliation
- Cloud9
- Role
- Competitive Player
- Status
- Retired; Legacy
- Fan recognition
- Remembered as a foundational-era C9 player
Lore & Background
The company was founded in 1987, and later spun off from Acer group in 1993. Its president is Teddy Lu. Part of ALi including the personal computer integrated circuits business was spun off as ULi Electronics Inc. in June 2003. ULi was acquired by Nvidia in 2006 for $52 million.
Reader's Guide
ALi produces chipsets for various CPU sockets, VGA controllers, video decoders, PC peripherals (SuperIO chips, USB/FireWire chips, PCI IDE controllers, sound, USB controllers, flash drive controllers, cardreaders, digital audio player controllers, RTC chips), and embedded systems (M6117, M6032, M6759 microcontrollers).
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