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- Sentelic Corporation (4945.TWO), a fabless semiconductor company specializing in integrated circuit design for motor control and related applications, develops and supplies mixed-signal ICs, application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), firmware and software solutions, and multi-media processing services; fan motor drive control ICs including high-voltage, three-phase brushless DC (BLDC), and programmable microcontroller unit (MCU)-based variants for servers, communication equipment, cloud data centers, 5G base stations, telecommunication switching gear, gaming graphics cards, and cryptocurrency mining hardware; and cooling fan modules tailored for these high-performance computing and networking environments. The company targets original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and original design manufacturers (ODMs) in the data center, telecommunications, gaming, and edge computing sectors, with primary operations in Taiwan, China, and Japan. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, Sentelic operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Weltrend Semiconductor Inc. (TWSE:2436) following a share swap consolidation approved by both boards on March 7, 2025, at a ratio of 1.60 Weltrend shares per Sentelic share, building on Weltrend's initial acquisition of 51.04% ownership via public tender offer in August 2022; this merger enhances R&D integration, product complementarity in motor drivers, sales channel expansion, and operational synergies, positioning the combined entity as a leading global supplier of server cooling fan control chips.