Sapphire Technology
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer hardware |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | Sha Tin New Town , Hong Kong |
| Products | Graphics cards, motherboards, TV tuner cards, digital audio players, LCDTVs |
Sapphire Technology Limited (), established in 2001 and headquartered in Sha Tin New Town, Hong Kong, is a technology firm focused on manufacturing graphics cards for personal computers and workstations, as well as producing motherboards, TV tuner cards, digital audio players, and LCDTVs.
The company predominantly utilizes AMD graphics processing units in its products, incorporating chipset technologies from both AMD (ATI) and Intel. It holds the distinction of being the leading global supplier of video cards based on AMD technology.
Sapphire was the first to introduce a video card equipped with an HDMI interface and also led the market by launching a 1000 MHz (1 GHz) clock speed video card with the Sapphire Atomic Edition HD 4890.
Manufacturing facilities
By 2007, Sapphire maintained two manufacturing plants in Dongguan, China, both certified under ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 standards, with a total monthly output capacity of 1.8 million video cards. The combined area of these plants covers around 250,000 m2 and includes 16 separate production lines (data from 2005).
Manufacturing process
While Sapphire procures printed circuit boards (PCBs) from external suppliers, it manages component placement and reflow soldering processes internally. Their product line consistently features AMD GPUs.