Quanta Computer

Quanta Computer Incorporated (TWSE:

2382 ) (Chinese: 廣達電腦; pinyin:
Guǎngdá Diànnǎo) is a Taiwan-based
manufacturer of notebook computers and
other electronic hardware. Its customers
include Apple Inc., Dell, Hewlett-Packard
Inc.,[3] Alienware, Amazon.com, Cisco,
Fujitsu, Gericom, Lenovo, LG, Maxdata,
Microsoft, MPC, BlackBerry Ltd, Sharp
Corporation, Siemens AG, Sony, Sun
Microsystems, Toshiba, Verizon Wireless,
and Vizio. It was founded in 1988 by Barry
Lam, who continues to head the company.
Quanta has extended its businesses into
enterprise network systems, home
entertainment, mobile communication,
automotive electronics, and digital home
markets. The company also designs,
manufactures and markets GPS systems,
including handheld GPS, in-car GPS,
Bluetooth GPS and GPS with other
positioning technologies.[4]
 Quanta Computer, Inc.

Type Public
Traded as TWSE: 2382

ISIN TW0002382009 

Industry Computer hardware

Electronics
Founded Taipei, Taiwan
1988
Headquarters Taoyuan City, Taiwan
25°2′59.8″N
121°22′30.8″E

Key people Barry Lam, Founder,

CEO
Products Notebooks,
Smartphones,
 Servers, Digital
televisions, and
others

Revenue US$27.8 billion

(2014)
Net income 591,000,000 United
States dollar[1]
(2010) 
Number of over 70,000
employees worldwide[2]
Parent Quanta Group 

Website www.quantatw.com
Quanta Computer Building Gate in Hwa Ya Technology
Park

Quanta Research title at COSCUP

Quanta Computer was announced as the

original design manufacturer (ODM) for
the XO-1 by the One Laptop per Child
project on December 13, 2005, and took an
order for one million laptops as of
February 16, 2007.[5] In October 2008, it
was announced that Acer would phase out
Quanta from the production chain, and
instead outsource manufacturing of 15
million Aspire One netbooks to Compal
Electronics.

In 2011, Quanta designed servers in

conjunction with Facebook as part of the
Open Compute Project.[6]

It was estimated that Quanta had a 31%

worldwide market share of notebook
computers in the first quarter of 2008.[7]

Products
Apple Watch[8]
Apple Macbook Air[9]
 Apple Macbook Pro[10]
ThinkPad Z60m

Subsidiaries
Subsidiaries of Quanta Computer
include:[11]

Quanta Cloud Technology Inc - provider

of data center hardware.
FaceVsion Technology Inc -
telecommunications, webcam, and
electronic products.
CloudCast Technology Inc - information
software and data processing -
liquidated in February 2017.
 TWDT Precision Co., Ltd. (TWDT) - 55%
ownership, which was sold in June
2016.

Techman Robot Inc. …

Techman Robot Inc. is a cobot

manufacturer founded by Quanta in 2016.
It is based in Taoyuan's Hwa Ya
Technology Park. It is the world's second
largest manufacturer of cobots after
Universal Robots.[12]

Major facilities
Quanta Shanghai Manufacturing City (QSMC)

Shanghai, China (QSMC) This was the first

mainland China plant built by Quanta
Computer, in December 2000, to focus on
OEM and ODM production and currently
employs nearly 30,000 people. Huangjian
Tang, Quanta's Chairman for China,
manages seven major plants, F1 to F7, two
large warehouses, H1 and H2, and the Q-
BUS Research and Development facility.
Chongqing, China (QCMC) Built in April
2010. Quanta Computer invested and built
a plant in Chongqing, China, the third plant
built by Quanta Computer in China.

Court case
In 2008, LG Electronics sued Quanta
Computer company for patent
infringement, when Quanta used Intel
components with non Intel
components.[13] The Supreme Court of the
United States ruled that LG, who had a
patent sharing deal with Intel did not have
the right to sue, because Quanta, being a
consumer, did not need to abide by patent
agreements with Intel and LG.

References
1. http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fort
une/global500/2011/snapshots/1131
7.html .
2. "Quanta Computer" . Retrieved
16 January 2017.
3. Lander, Mark (25 Mar 2002). "Taiwan
Maker of Notebook PC's Thrives
Quietly" . The New York Times.
Archived from the original on 7
February 2011. Retrieved 7 February
2011.
4. "QUANTA COMPUTER INC
(2382:Taiwan): Company Description -
Businessweek" .
investing.businessweek.com.
Retrieved 12 October 2012.
5. Nystedt, Dan. "One million OLPC
laptop orders confirmed" . Network
World. Archived from the original on
15 May 2011. Retrieved 7 February
2011.
. Hachman, Mark (7 April 2011).
"Facebook Launches 'Open Compute
Initiative' Servers" . PC Magazine.
7. "Quanta remained number one
notebook OEM in 1Q08, says
DisplaySearch" . DigiTimes. 27 June
2008.
. Ali, Zara (2017-07-25). "Apple Watch
Series 3 Likely To Launch in Fall 2017
Raising Revenue for Quanta
Computer" . Wccftech. Retrieved
2018-02-01.
9. Truta, Filip. "12-inch MacBook Air
Launching in Q1, Quanta Ramps Up
Manufacturing" . softpedia. Retrieved
2018-02-01.
10. "Macbook Pro lifts Quanta's Q1
revenue, but forex losses hit bottom
line - Nikkei Asian Review" . Nikkei
Asian Review. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
11. "(English Translation of Consolidated
Financial Statements and Report
Originally Issued in Chinese) QUANTA
COMPUTER INC. AND ITS
SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED
INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS"
(PDF). Quanta Computer Inc. p. 12.
Archived (PDF) from the original on 1
October 2018. Retrieved 1 October
2018.
12. Huang, Elaine. "This Made-in-Taiwan
Robot Is Drawing International
Attention" . english.cw.com.tw.
CommonWealth. Retrieved 5 August
2019.
13. Staff, LII (7 January 2008). "Quanta
Computer, Inc. v. LG Electronics, Inc.
(06-937)" . Retrieved 16 January 2017.

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