| 2003.9 |
Microsoft & Vimicro Multimedia Technology
Center established in Beijing, which consists of three parties:
Beijing Software Promotion Center, Microsoft China and Vimicro Corporation. |
| 2003.5 |
Vimicro¡¯s VXP video communication system
has been deployed at XiaoTangShan Hospital, a leading medical facility
in Beijing, to facilitate its fight against SARS. This marks the
first time that video communication system has ever been put into
practice as part of the medical treatment process in China. |
| 2003.2 |
Vimicro¡¯s VXP IV MMS chip has been adopted
by Sprint PCS, the world¡¯s largest CDMA mobile communication operator
as part of its PCS Vision mobile imaging solution to millions of
users in US. This marks another important entry by China's IC vendor
into the world¡¯s mainstream market with its totally owned state-of-the-art
imaging and chip technology. |
| 2003.1 |
Party's General Secretary Hu Jintao watched
the demo of Vimicro's VXP products and robot vision applications,
and met with Vimicro Chairman Dr. John Deng during his inspection
tour to Zhongguangcun Hi-Tech Park in Beijing. |
| 2003.1 |
At the 1st Chinese Mobile Communication Alliance Summit,
the Ministry of Information Industry(MII), China Mobile, China Unicom,
and 33 Chinese mobile phone manufacturers, jointly promoted Vimicro's
mobile multimedia chip technology and established a foundation for
China's own mobile communication supply chain. |
| 2002.11 |
Chinese central news authority "People's
Daily" publishes article to praise "China-Chip" Vimicro VXP as a
historical national achievement, together with "Shenzhou" Spacecraft
and Rice Gene Decoding, etc. |
| 2002.10 |
Vimicro releases Vimicro VXP-III processor to Fujitsu
for its first Robot vision application in "Maron-1". |
| 2002.9 |
Vimicro is selected by China Telecom as one of the
six technology enablers and partners (including Alcatel, Dell, Microsoft,
Zhongxing, Huawei, and Sina) to build infrastructure for delivering
broadband communication services across China. |
| 2002.8 |
Chinese Digital Imaging IC and System Engineering
Research Center is established at Vimicro. |
| 2002.4 |
Vimicro releases Vimicro VXP-II processor with integrated
audio for web camera applications. |
| 2002.1 |
Vimicro and Microsoft form alliance to jointly promote
digital imaging technology platform VXP in worldwide market. |
| 2001.7 |
State leader Vice Premier Mr. Wu Bangguo writes to
praise Vimicro VXP-I production and Vice Chairman of Chinese Congress
Mr. Zhou Guangzhao congratulates Vimicro during his visit to the
company. |
| 2001.6 |
Vimicro Shenzhen subsidiary is established. |
| 2001.5 |
Volume production of Vimicro VXP-I and delivery to
Samsung, Phillips, etc. is started at TSMC. |
| 2001.4 |
Vimicro Shanghai subsidiary is established. |
| 2001.4 |
The world-leading OEM provider Foxconn invests in
Vimicro. |
| 2001.3 |
Vimicro releases the first "China-Chip", Vimicro VXP-I
digital imaging processor, a multimillion-gates SOC product for
web camera applications. |
| 2000.11 |
Tsinghua-Vimicro Joint Microelectronics Research Center
is established in Tsinghua University with initial investment of
one million US dollars. |
| 2000.7 |
Fortune 500 company, Power Corporation of Canada,
invests in Vimicro through its subsidiary Power Pacific Corporation. |
| 2000.3 |
Ex-Chancellor of UC Berkeley, Chairman of Vimicro
Advisory Committee, Prof. Chang-Lin Tien invests in Vimicro. |
| 2000.1 |
Vimicro Silicon Valley R&D center is established. |
| 1999.10 |
Vimicro is founded with seed fund from Chinese Ministry
of Information Industry. |
