HSINCHU, Taiwan – November 18, 2009 –Realtek Semiconductor Corp. (Taiwan Stock Exchange: 2379.TW), one of the world’s leading network and multimedia IC providers, today announced that its RTD1073 Full-HD Digital Media Processor has been awarded the ‘EDN China Innovation Award 2009’.

EDN China is the leading online community and networking site for China’s electronics engineering industry, and was the first magazine to focus on electronics design for China. Products were evaluated and chosen by a panel of EDN China judges, made up of industry experts and specialists from China’s top companies, academic institutes, universities, and EDN China’s editorial board. Individual readers of EDN China were also invited to vote for their favorite product.

“This recognition of Realtek’s RTD1073 Full-HD Digital Media Processor highlights our position as a preeminent technology provider across multiple fields. Our multimedia development process has focused both on quality engineering to improve playback quality and features, as well as on widening the range of playback formats supported. The RTD1073 offers high-performance playback of even more AV formats, including all common Internet formats”, said Realtek’s Executive Vice President Jessy Chen. “This flexibility removes end-user frustration, and provides the freedom needed to enjoy AV playback without being concerned with decoder compatibilities. With complete software and hardware reference designs supplied, our customers can speed development of innovative top-of-the-line products that end-users want”.