Company Profile

Elitegroup Computer Systems Co.,

Ltd.
Sep. 2008

Table of Contents

Overview

ECS

Our strengths
Innovative Product Design
Worldwide RMA & Logistics Support
Complete Vertical Integration
Environmental Protection
ECS Green Assurance System
Possessing the Best Partner Services
Developing Convenient Communication
Worldwide recognitions

ECS Fact Sheet

Milestones
Mission & Strategy
Professional IT Supplier
Revenue Growth
ECS Headquarters
Worldwide Branches
Global Manufacturing Networks
Golden Elite Profile
ECSM Profile
ESZ Profile
EMX Profile
Competitive Advantages

Corporate Overview

ECS Fact Sheet

Founded in May 1987 in Taipei, Taiwan
Became the first motherboard maker to list on the Taiwan Stock
Exchange in September 1994
Chairman: W. Y. Lin
President: Thomas Ni
Employees: 20,000+ worldwide
HQ Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Major products:
PC/Server Motherboards; VGA Cards
Notebook/Tablet PCs; Personal Multimedia Player
Desktop PCs/Bare bone

ECS Organization
Chairman
W.Y. Lin
Auditing
Committee
President
Thomas Ni
President office

BU1: Mainboard,
Add-on card and
System Product B.U.

Kevin Yang

BU2: Notebook
Product B.U.

Robert Tsay

BU2: Notebook
Manufacturing B.U.

BU3: Intelligent
Communication
Product B.U.

BU4: PCB &

Manufacturing B.U.

KJ Liu

Quality Assurance
Division

General
Administration
MP Tsai

Rex Chang

Resource
& Service

Jerry Kuo

Finance

MIS

Legal Room
Michael Chen

Milestones
2008

Headquarters new building completion

Established Intelligent Communication Product Business Unit for advanced

2007

communication product development.

Headquarters moved to ECS owned new building
Extended new notebook manufacturing site in China (Suzhou)

2006

Acquired Tatung Desktop PC BU & Uniwill computer Corp.

Added new manufacturing sites in China (Shenzhen and Suzhou), Mexico, and
Czech Republic to complete ECS global manufacturing networks

2005

Established new offices in China, Korea and Russia.

2003

Added ECSM Plant II to production facility lineup to produce NB and DT systems.

2002

Achieved 2 Million units/month in MB sales.

Ranked #8 in the BusinessWeek InfoTech 100

2001

Created the DeskNote PC, completely change the NB market segmentations.

2000

Achieved MB sales record of 1 Million units/month.

1998

Established ECSM in Shenzhen, China starting with a capacity of 0.6M MB

1994

Listed on Taiwans Stock Exchange. (Code 2331)

1987

Founded as a professional MB company in Taiwan.

Mission & Strategy

Deliver affordable personal computing
solutions for global markets
To be the best supplier of desktop and
notebook PC building blocks to OEM/ ODM
brand owners
Drive the new PC Era through innovation
and integration of state-of-the-art
technologies

Professional IT Supplier
Worldwide Top 3
Motherboard Supplier

Worldwide Top 6
Notebook Supplier

Target MB Shipment
35 Million pcs
Target VGA Shipment
2.5 Million pcs

Target NB Shipment
4.5 Million units

MB
VGA

NB

Worldwide Top 3
Desktop Supplier

Target Shipment
3 Million units

DT

Professional PCB
Supplier

Target Output
2.1 Million Ft2

PCB

Revenue Growth
Year

2004

Revenue
(Thousand USD)

2005

537,377

2006

743,892

2007

1,860,290

3,000,000

2,000,000

1,000,000

2004

2005

2006

2007

2,876,248

ECS Headquarters, Taipei

Building a New Headquarters and Our Future

Worldwide Branches
ECS Russia
*Moscow
ECS China ECS Korea
*Beijing
*Seoul
ECS Japan
ECS Netherlands
*Tokyo
*Amsterdam
ECS Taiwan
*Taipei

ECS USA
* Fremont

ECS Brazil
* Sao Paulo

Sales/ Marketing Offices

Headquarters (Taipei)
Beijing, China
Tokyo, Japan
Seoul, Korea

Wijchen, The Netherlands

Fremont, USA
Moscow, Russia
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Global Manufacturing Networks

ECS Manufacturing sites
ECSM (Shenzhen), China
Golden Elite Technology
(Shenzhen), China
ESZ(Suzhou), China
EMX, Mexico

EMX Plant
(Juarez, Mexico)

Golden Elite
Technology
(Shenzhen, China)

ECSM Plants
(Shenzhen, China)

ESZ Plant
(Suzhou, China)

Golden Elite Profile

Location: Shenzhen, China
Total Acreage: 372,720 m2 (land area)
ISO9001, ISO14001 , OHSAS18001, QC080000
accreditation
Employees: 6500
Key Facility:

Golden Elite Technology

(Shenzhen, China)

32 RoHS Lines (PCBA)

Capacity:
PCB: 1 Million feet / month
PCBA (M/B): 1.6 Million pcs / month
Main Products:

2-10 Layers PCB

Motherboards
VGA Cards
Desktop PCs and Servers

ECSM Profile
Location: Shenzhen, China
Total Acreage: 114,000m2 factory area
ISO9002&14001 accreditation
Employee: 7620
Key Facilities:

ECSM Plants
(Shenzhen, China)

73 SMT Lines
32 Manual Insertion Lines
32 Testing/Packing Lines
2 Pilot Run Lines
Capacity:
2.5 million Main Board per month
1.5 million Add-on Cards per month
250K Notebook/System per month
Main Products:
Motherboards
VGA cards
Desktop PCs and servers

ESZ Profile
Location: Suzhou, China
Total Acreage: 154,460.41 m2
factory area
ISO9002&14001 accreditation
Employee: 3800
Facility:
ESZ Plant
(Suzhou, China)

7 SMT lines
4 DIP lines
20 notebook assembly lines
Capacity:
500K notebook per month
Main Products:
Notebook PCs

EMX Profile
Location: Juarez, Maxico
Total Acreage:30,555 m2 factory area
ISO 9001 and 14001 certified
Employee: 250
Capacity: 200K desktop PC/month
Facility: 5 assembly lines
VAT: C-TPAT
EMX Plant
(Juarez, Mexico)

Integration Capability: BTO/CTO

Main Products: Desktop PCs

ECS Competitive
Advantages

Our Strengths
Completed vertical integration
for PC production
Dominated economy of scale

Quality

Cost
Leadership

ISO 9001, 14001 and QC080000 certified

Advanced manufacturing technology
(ATE, AOI, Cross-section exam, thermal
shock test, etc.)
Recognized by major OEM/ODM clients

Global
Logistics
ECS

Creative and experienced

R&D teams for MB, NB, DT,
IA and CE products
400+ MB R&D engineers
500+ NB R&D engineers

Product
Design

Well positioned
production sites in China
(Shenzhen & Suzhou)
and Mexico
IT
infrastructures
Advanced ERP, PLM,
and CRM systems

Innovated Product Design

Creative and experienced design and R&D teams develop

cutting-edge MB, NB, DT, IA and CE solutions

Worldwide RMA & Logistic Support

ECS BV
*Netherlands
ECS USA
* Fremont
ECS USA
* Miami

ECSM
ECS CZH * ShenZhen

ECS MEXi

RMA & Logistics support center

Factory / Logistics support/RMA center

ECS Taiwan
*Taipei

The Best Service

Our manufacturer assures an optimum processing period for the repair of

motherboards with a legal and unequivocal contract. This ensures that ECS
processing service is superior to the competition.

Complete Vertical Integration

Supply chain integration and strategic relationships with key

partners help ECS reach economical production scale

Environmental Protection

ECSs Green Competitive Advantage includes engineering and product

designs featuring non-toxic materials, eco-designs, and easier
disassembly and recycling

ECS Green Assurance System

Possessing the Best Partner Services

Our CRM system is a fully integrated website covering all ECS

resources from every department, and offers product and
marketing resources on-line. http://partner.ecs.com.tw

Developing Convenient Communication

Our website has more than twenty languages, and offers

the functions of searching engine and information.
Please visit ECS at www.ecs.com.tw.

Recognitions and
Awards

Recognitions from Customers

Recognitions from Global Media

Awards from Worldwide Medias

Editors Choice Award
HKEPC (Hong Kong), January 28th, 2008
http://www.hkepc.com/?id=734&page=4&fs=idn#view
when its compared to previous RS690 chipset
based motherboards, being the first IGP which
supports DirectX 10 and Shader Model 4.0, the great
performance increase of the integrated graphics core,
the powerful Unified Video Decoder for HD Video, the
HDMI connector, and the support for HDCP, have
made this board be the best choice for HTPC

Best Buy Award

ComputerDIY (Taiwan), March 1st, 2008
obviously, the A780GM-A motherboard shows us
ECSs efforts in providing not only a product with
great price/performance ration, but also a product with
good quality and nice overclocking capability

Awards from Worldwide Medias

OC Recommended Award
OC Heaven (Taiwan), April 8th, 2008
http://www.oc.com.tw/article/0804/readarticle.asp?id=6363
besides the great support for HD video decoding,
featuring Hybrid Graphics Technology is obviously an
additional benefit for users. With the great price/performance
ration, there is no concern for those certain users who might
have a bit budget limitation. This is definitely the best offering
for users who are looking for a board that is helpful to HD video
decoding

Best Value Award

OCWorkbench (Singapore), April 13th, 2008
http://my.ocworkbench.com/2008/ecs/A780GM-A/g1.htm
ECS has put up a good challenge to the other players
with this ECS A780GM-AFor those who intend to build a
HTPC, a full fledge board might be a bit big for a small box. On
the other hand, the chipset gives you a cheaper alternative
over the 790X as this full board has 3 PCI slots and 2 PCIe x1
slot for future expansion use.

Awards from Worldwide Medias

Great Value Award
Guru3D (Netherland), April 3rd,
http://www.guru3d.com/article/processor/520/1
The ECS "Black Series" A780GM-A mainboard is a good example of what
the 780G chipset can do for you when properly implemented. It comes in an
aesthetically pleasing way, easy to use BIOS and at a very fair price. I'm seriously considering building
a Full HD HTPC out of the platform we showed you todayThis week we'll receive a AMD revision
B3 Phenom processor, I can't wait to see how well it will perform on that. So yeah, I'm impressed by
this mainboard, and I don't say that very often, especially in this price range

Recommended Product Award

t-break (Middle East), April 2nd, 2008
http://www.tbreak.com/reviews/article.php?
cat=mobos&id=597&pagenumber=1
ECS A780GM-A motherboard impressed us with the on-board features. Hybrid support and overall
a great layout is something that will please most users

Awards from Worldwide Medias

Approved Award
Phoronix (USA), April 14th, 2008
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ecs_a780gm&num=1
While the AMD 790FX Chipset is the big brother to the 780G, the ECS
A780GM-A v1.0 was able to stand its ground against the flagship Gigabyte
MA790FX-DS5 in the tests we had conducted...The layout of this
motherboard is fine by our standards and shouldn't pose any problem
whether it's used for an HTPC/media setup or a mainstream gaming PC.

Price Performance Award

Noticias3D (Spain), April 14th, 2008
http://www.noticias3d.com/articulo.asp?idarticulo=841&pag=1
Pros: Efficient consumption of energy, Correct yield
Contained price, Possibility of hybrid CrossFire, Good
connectivity (HDMI, VGA)

Awards from Worldwide Medias

Silver Award
HWM Magazine (Malaysia),
April 1st, 2008
If youre getting this board just for HD home
theater purpose, then it serves this purpose well
enoughA HDMI enabled motherboard for a
decent HD home theater experience

Awards ECS N8800GT-512MX-DT

Recommended Award

Guru3D (Netherlands) Jan. 30th, 2008

http://www.guru3d.com/article/ecs-geforce-8800-gt-du
al-turbo-512mb/
It's an aesthetically pleasing to look at product and you are
bound to have a lot of fun and it'll offer you a really nice gaming
experience up-to 1600x1200 with all eye-candy enabled, that's
a Guru3D assurance.

Editors Choice Award

OCER.net (China) Feb. 5th, 2008

http://www.ocer.net/article/a_show.php?id=13540
For users who are interested in overclocking, the dual turbo
fans bundled with ECS N8800GT-512MX-DT is capable to
provide better stability while overclocking.

Awards ECS N8800GT-512MX-DT

iXBT Original Design Award
iXBT.com (Russia) March 2008

http://www.ixbt.com/video3/g92-2.shtml
ECS GeForce 8800 GT Accelero S1 512MB PCI-E is an
excellent graphics card, and it is the best offering among all
GeForce 8800GT based graphics cards I have ever seen

Recommended Product Award

t-break (ME) Jan 27th 2008

http://www.tbreak.com/reviews/article.php?cat=grfx
&id=575&pagenumber=1
we installed the two fans bundled with the unit which brought
the temperatures down to 45C-its definitely lower than the
stock HSF that nVidia uses

Awards ECS N8800GT-512MX-DT

Editors Choice Award

OCWorkbench (Singapore) Jan. 2008

http://www.ocworkbench.com/2008/ecs/N8800GT-512X
-with-Accelero-S1/b9.htm
In conclusion, the card is superb in 3D performance. This
card is best if you can't stand the noise coming from those
reference design 8800GT cards out. It is also best for use with
playing back HD-DVD or Blu-ray

Editors Choice Award

PCPOP (China) Dec. 2007

http://www.pcpop.com/doc/0/252/252043.shtml
Providing the amazing cooling efficiency, this graphics card
is the excellent choice for enthusiasts

Awards ECS N8800GT-512MX-DT

Top Award

MaximoPC (Argentina) March 2008

http://www.maximopc.org/articulos/ecs_geforce_8800
gt_acceleros1_p0.html
an excellent product that until the moment competitors do
not have and that is without doubt the best GeForce 8800GT,
so we give it TOP Award

Editors Choice Award

ComputerDIY Magazine (Taiwan) Feb.2007

with four cooper heat pipes and a great number of fins, the
cooling performance is excellent, and it will be even better
when you put on two turbo fans

Awards ECS N8800GT-512MX-DT

More Awards @ www.ecs.com.tw