[citation needed] Winbond was established in 1987 in Hsinchu Science Park in Taiwan.

[4] In 1992 Winbond joined the Precision RISC Organization and licensed HP's PA-RISC architecture to design and manufacture chips for X terminals and printers.

[5] Winbond acquired affiliated chipset maker Symphony Laboratories, of San Jose, California, in October 1995.

[6] Winbond was affected by power cuts caused by the 1999 Jiji earthquake forcing the company to pause manufacturing.

[8] In August 2004, Infineon announced a deal with Winbond to build a factory to make DRAM.