Founded in 2002, EMPIA is a Multi national company based on Silicon Valley and Taiwan, specialized in the research, development and design of Embedded Multifunction Peripheral Imaging Appliances of Systems-on-Chip (SOC) for PC peripheral and consumer electronics market, as well as various IP and interface technologies. EMPIA is focused on creating semiconductor solutions to power leading edge embedded imaging devices and imaging Internet appliances. With offices in California and Taiwan, EMPIA enjoys access to the majority of companies needing advanced interface designs, IP blocks, and design services. EMPIA is committed to building long-term value through continuous innovation, strategic partnership and an expanding IP portfolio.

EMPIA beginning with the world's best IC, Firmware and Driver engineers, EMPIA has accumulated expertise and experience in designing Video Chipset, Video Compression Engine, Audio Codec, microprocessor and PC controller ICs with engineering core team members that are from world class companies such as National Semiconductors, Western Digital, S3 and Philips Semiconductors.

Driven by the rapid growth of the Internet, communication technologies, pervasive computing, and consumer electronics, Systems-on-Chip (SOC) has become a dominant in today's IC design industry. EMPIA is looking beyond by venturing on new designs and innovations. Due to the rapidly changing market, EMPIA knew the time to market is the key to success; EMPIA brings manufacturer SOC turnkey solution, allowing customers to achieve the optimized system performance in the shortest time. EMPIA provide solutions to support customers including SOC, firmware, driver and user interface application program that enables manufacturers and system maker easily to turn into products.