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History
2025
- Launch of New Products: START™ v5 and EZ-BIST™ v2.
- Subsidiary Shanghai iSTART-TEK Limited Secures ISO 9001:2015 Certification.
- Certified for ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Information Security Management System.
- Honored with the “2025 Outstanding Provider of Automotive-Grade Chips” Award.
- Granted U.S. Patent for “Configurable Testing and Repair System for Non-Volatile Memory”.
2024
- Certified with ISO 26262 TCL1.
- iSTART-TEK’s Design Services: Back-End Design Services, Spec-in Design Services, and Fabrication Service.
- Certified with the ISO 26262 Automotive Functional Safety Engineer (PFSEA).
- Obtains Taiwan Patent “Configurable ATE Tool Flow”.
- Provide EZ-Monitor SRAM BIST IP.
- Provide EZ-TEC SRAM BIST IP.
- Provide EZ-Safety SRAM BIST IP.
- Provide eFlash BIST IP.
- Provided SONOS eFlash IP.
- Obtained the Chinese patent for “Memory Repair Circuit, Memory Module, and Memory Repair Method.”
2023
- Obtains U.S. Patent “METHOD FOR GENERATINGAN MEMORY BUILT-IN SELF-TEST ALGORITHM CIRCUIT”.
- Provide iSTART-Cloud.
- Certified with the Quality Management: ISO 9001:2015.
2022
- Executed a buyback of 500,000 shares of treasury stock.
- Launched START v3 to target the automotive electronics market.
- Established subsidiary “Shanghai iSTART-TEK Limited” in mainland China.
- Secured Taiwan patent for ” METHOD FOR GENERATING AN MEMORY BUILT-IN SELF-TEST ALGORITHM CIRCUIT”.
- Conducted a cash capital increase of NT$30,000 thousand, increasing paid-in capital to NT$254,170 thousand.
2021
- Obtained approval as a Technology Based Enterprise.
2020
- Cash capital increase of NT$17,000,000 and employee stock option certificate share exchange of NT$16,010,000 to increase the paid-in capital to NT$204,170,000.
- Collaborated with the Nantong Institute of Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications to jointly cultivate talents.
- Offered ISO 26262 functional safety requirements for automotive chips.
- Launched START v2 to support the new generation of 5G technology.
- Collaborated with Chung Hwa University to set up laboratories for talent cultivation.
- Public offering of shares was approved.
- Listing on the emerging stock market was approved.
2019
- Renamed as “iSTART-TEK INC.”
- Launched the lite-version memory test solution, EZ-BIST.
- Offered memory testing algorithms for automotive chips.
- Cash capital increase of NT$50,000,000 and employee stock option certificate share exchange of NT$10,580,000 to increase the paid-in capital to NT$171,160,000.
2018
- Offered SRAM solution-START that combines inspection and repair.
- Won the Golden Torch Award.
- Employee stock option certificate share exchange of NT$2,520,000 to increase the paid-in capital to NT$110,580,000.
2017
- Moved to Tai Yuen Hi-Tech Industrial Park.
- Launched real-time non-volatile memory test and repair solutions.
- Announced the new memory testing circuit development environment, BRAINS 3.0.
- Cash capital increase of NT$55,000,000 to increase the paid-in capital to NT$108,060,000.
2016
- Won the Golden Peak Award of Outstanding Enterprise and Outstanding Enterprise Initiators.
- Announced the accumulative memory repairing technology H.E.A.R.T.
- Cash capital increase of NT$13,560,000, debt to capital increase of NT$21,500,000, and capital reduction to cover loss of NT$10,116,000 to increase the paid-in capital to NT$53,060,000.
2015
- Obtained Taiwan Patent: “Hybrid Self-Test Circuit Structure”.
2014
- Obtained China Patent: “Hybrid Self-Test Circuit Structure”.
- Obtained China Patent: “Algorithm Integrating System and Integrating Method Thereof”.
- Obtained Taiwan Patent: “Algorithm Integrating System and Integrating Method Thereof”.
- Obtained Taiwan Patent: “Embedded Testing Module”.
- Obtained the U. S. Patent: “Algorithm Integrating System and Integrating Method Thereof”.
2013
- Obtained the U. S. and Taiwan Patent: “Method for Repairing Memory and System Thereof” via technology transfer authorization from National Tsing Hua University.
- Obtained the U. S. and Taiwan Patent: “Built-In Self-Repair Method for NAND Flash Memory and System Thereof” via technology transfer authorization from National Tsing Hua University.
- Cash capital increase of NT$8,086,000 and debt-to-capital increase of NT$230,000 to increase the paid-in capital to NT$28,116,000.
2012
- Cash capital increase of NT$8,222,000 and debt-to-capital increase of NT$3,278,000 to increase the paid-in capital to NT$19,800,000.
- Obtained the U. S. Patent: “Hybrid Self-Test Circuit Structure”.
2009
- Company establishment was approved with paid-in capital of NT$8,300,000.
