History
Milestones
| 1948 | Xian Shenlei opens first facility in Sichuan, China. The firm, incorporated as SinoRadio Company (SRC) produces vacuum tubes for commercial radio sets. |
| 1952 | SRC acquires GVA-Shanghai, embracing solid state technology. Chinese government assumes control of the combined enterprise, now named GUI. |
| 1957 | GUI enters into strategic alliance with Sony Corporation to produce circuit boards for Sony line of miniature consumer electronic line. |
| 1959 | GUI opens second manufacturing plant in Guangdong Province. Workforce surpasses 1,000 for first time. |
| 1960 | Early development work with silicon based integrated circuitry results in GUI’s first miniature memory device—the DC1®—Alpha microprocessor. |
| 1964 | Following several years of continuous improvement in manufacturing procedures, company introduces its DC2®, first time using microchip designation. Though many times the size of current chips it is a breakthrough in chip technology. |
| 1968 | Heavy demand for GUI micro chips encourages company to open third plant in Fujian Province. Workforce surpasses 3,000. |
| 1970s | GUI enters into many sole supplier agreements with developing personal computer developers for microprocessor components. |
| 1975 | Responding to the need for speed, DC4X® micro chip offers 256kbs microprocessor clock rate. |
| 1981 | GUI adds Microsystems to its corporate name and opens headquarters in Gangzhou. 3,000 associates will work there. |
| 1984 | Engineers at the Guangdong facility responding to the company’s Strive to Excel mantra deliver the first 1GB clock speed microprocessor. The DC6 will quickly become the benchmark in microchip technology. |
| 1991 | GUI Microsystems becomes independent corporation as Chinese government begins to decontrol firms in specific industrials sectors. |
| 1992 | GUI enters ChiNext stock exchange (symbol: GUIMS) gathering more than 1.8 million yuan in investment capital. Company begins phased growth planning. |
| 1999 | As company celebrates its 50th anniversary, more than 25,000 associates are employed at its 5 major facilities throughout China. |
| 2008 | Research engineers at state-of-the-art plant in Guangdon first offer glimpse of STI—Synthetic Telepathy Interfaces. Company authorizes 2 billion yuan and 5 research teams to pursue development. |
| 2011 | With a clock speed of 7.2GB/sec GUI’s DC8A® becomes the company’s most popular model to date. Its subminiature dimensions make it the ideal microprocessor for portable USB memory devices. GUI’s wafer technology will soon make it the preferred memory standard in digital cameras and laptop computers. |
| 2015 | GUI releases the world’s most advanced microprocessor—D9® offering a lightning fast 8.3 GHz clock speed. |
| 2016 | Research engineers at Guangdon facility begin testing prototype STI—Synthetic Telepathy Interfaces. |
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