Global Unichip Corp. engages in the research, development, production, testing, and selling of embedded memory and logic components for application ICs, and EDA tools for various application ICs. It operates through the following geographical segments: Taiwan, United States, Japan, China, Europe, Vietnam, and Korea. The company was founded by Chao Chun Lu and Ko Chiang Shih on January 22, 1998 and is headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan.