Quanta Computer
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Coordinates: 25°2′59.8″N 121°22′30.8″E / 25.049944°N 121.375222°E
| Type | Corporation (TSE: 2382) |
|---|---|
| Founded | Taipei, Taiwan (1988) |
| Headquarters |  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.
[edit] References
- ^ One Laptop per Child
- ^ http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/021507-one-million-olpc-laptop-orders.html URL last accessed 2007-10-26
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