Founded in 2001, Socle Technology Corporation has been the world’s most leading-edge provider of SoC (System on Chip) design and implementation services since. In June 2008, Socle introduced the strategy investor, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Limited, one of the world’s top dedicated semiconductor foundries, as the major shareholder to enlarge Socle's service scopes in SoC platform, SoC implementation, IP offerings, and Turnkey Service.