Realtek Semiconductor Corp. (Traditional Chinese: 瑞昱åŠå°Žé«”股份有é™å…¬å¸), a fabless IC design house situated in the Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan, was founded in October 1987, and subsequently approved as a listed company on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in 1998. As of March 31 2005, Realtek employed 970 people, among whom more than 700 were of research and development expertise.