Quanta Computer
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Quanta Computer, Inc. | |
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Type | Corporation (TSEC:2382) |
Founded | Taipei, Taiwan (1988) |
Headquarters | Taoyuan County, Taiwan |
Key people | Barry Lam Baili Lin, Chairman of the Board |
Industry | Information technology Computer hardware Electronics |
Products | Notebooks, Smart Phones, Servers, Digital televisions, and others |
Market cap | US$ 179.53 billion (2008) |
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, and Toshiba. It was founded by Barry Lam in 1988, and is still headed by him.
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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