Quanta Computer

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Coordinates: 25°2′59.8″N, 121°22′30.8″E

Quanta Computer, Inc.
Type Corporation (TSEC:2382)
Founded Taipei, Taiwan (1988)
Headquarters Flag of the Republic of ChinaTaoyuan County, Taiwan
Key people Barry Lam
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 in worldwide
Website www.quantatw.com

Quanta Computer Incorporated 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 Alienware, Apple Inc., Compaq, Dell Computer, Fujitsu, Gateway Computers, Gericom, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Maxdata, 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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