KWorld

KWorld Computer Co. Ltd

KWorld logo
Company type	Public (TSEC: T3287)
Industry	Digital television, Multimedia
Founded	May 1999[1]
Headquarters	Jhonghe City , Taiwan
Revenue	$24 million USD (2007)[2]
Number of employees	120[1]
Subsidiaries	U.S. Australia Malaysia Japan Spain UK Russia Singapore Thailand

KWorld Computer Co. Ltd (Chinese: 廣寰科技股份有限公司) is a Taiwan-based technology company that specializes in TV tuner cards and boxes. Founded in 1999, the company is a primary TV tuning card manufacturer in Taiwan.[3][4] They are a consumer audio/video developer and provider. The company offered analogue, digital, hybrid, satellite TV tuners, and video/audio capture/editing cards and boxes. Currently KWorld Computer is a manufacture of Mechanical keyboard, Computer mouse, headsets, Computer case, Computer fan, CPU cooling, and PSU.

KWorld developed TV tuners for PAL, NTSC, and SECAM analogue television systems and for DVB-T, DVB-S, ISDB-T, DMB-T/H, ATSC, and IPTV digital television systems. KWorld also developed video capture/editing and audio capture/editing devices for both Macintosh and Microsoft Windows operating systems.[5] The Taiwan Intellectual Property Management System (TIPS) certified KWorld in 2008.[6] In 2014 KWorld Computer's market focus became manufacturing PC based peripherals and components. A year later the PC peripheral brand named, Gamdias was established in California, USA.

A 2020 Money Weekly article noted that the company's revenue experienced a steep drop owing to a substantial decrease in customers' purchases of KWorld's video products. It turned its attention to other ventures including earphone products and making mobile streaming software.[7]

See also

• List of companies of Taiwan

References

1. "Welcome to KWorld". KWorld Computer Co Ltd. Archived from the original on 2012-12-21. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
2. Hoover's Inc.,"KWorld Computer Co. Ltd", Hoover's Website
3. Du, Nianlu 杜念魯 (2008-01-16). "360°科技：廣寰" [360°Technology: KWorld]. DigiTimes (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2023-04-20. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
4. Zhang, Yigong 張義宮 (2008-01-19). "廣寰自有品牌 卡進全球三大" [KWorld's own brand has entered the world's top three]. Economic Daily News [zh] (in Chinese). p. B3.
5. Mike Wheeler, "Editing Suite For PSP/iPod Formats", Smarthouse-The Lifestyle Technology Guide Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
6. Zhang, Yigong 張義宮 (2008-12-16). "廣寰科獲TIPS認證 全台首例" [KWorld was certified by TIPS, the first case in Taiwan]. Economic Daily News [zh] (in Chinese). p. D7.
7. Huang, Feihong 黃飛紅 (2020-09-24). "天候變幻莫測 廣寰科、上緯投控、桂盟 風起雲湧" [The weather is unpredictable: KWorld, Swancor Holding, and KMC Chain Industrial are surging]. Money Weekly 理財周刊 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2023-04-20.