Quanta Computer

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Coordinates: 25°2′59.8″N 121°22′30.8″E / 25.049944°N 121.375222°E / 25.049944; 121.375222

Quanta Computer, Inc.
Type Corporation (TSE: 2382)
Founded Taipei, Taiwan (1988)
Headquarters Republic of China Taoyuan County, Taiwan
Key people Barry Lam, Chairman of the Board
Industry Information technology
Computer hardware
Electronics
Products Notebooks, Smart Phones, Servers, Digital televisions, and others
Revenue USD 24.6 billion (2007)
Employees over 30,000 worldwide
Website www.quantatw.com

Quanta Computer Incorporated (TSE: 2382) is a Taiwan-based manufacturer of notebook computers and other electronic hardware. It is the largest manufacturer of notebook computers in the world.[1] Its customers include ACER, Alienware, Apple Inc., Cisco, Compaq, Dell, Fujitsu, Gateway, Gericom, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Maxdata, MPC, Sharp Corporation, Siemens AG, Sony, Sun Microsystems, and Toshiba. It was founded by Barry Lam in 1988. Lam continues to head the company.

Quanta Computers was announced as the original design manufacturer (ODM) for the XO-1 by the One Laptop per Child project on 2005-12-13, and has taken an order for one million laptops as of 2007-02-15.[2]

It is estimated that Quanta had a 33% worldwide market share of notebook computers in 2005.

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