Quanta Computer

Not to be confused withQuantum Computer.

Not to be confused withQuanta Services orQuanta Technology.

Quanta Computer Incorporated (TWSE:2382) (Chinese:廣達電腦;pinyin:Guǎngdá Diànnǎo) is aTaiwan-based manufacturer of notebook computers and other electronic hardware. Its customers includeApple Inc.,Dell,Hewlett-Packard Inc.,^[2]Acer Inc.,Alienware,Amazon.com,Cisco,Fujitsu,Gericom,Lenovo,LG,Maxdata,Microsoft,MPC,BlackBerry Ltd,Sharp Corporation,Siemens AG,Sony,Sun Microsystems,Toshiba,Valve,Verizon Wireless, andVizio.^{[citation needed]}

Quanta Computer, Inc.

Company type	Public
Traded as	TWSE:2382
Industry	Computer hardware Electronics
Founded	1988; 37 years ago (1988)
Headquarters	Taoyuan City,Taiwan25°2′59.8″N121°22′30.8″E / 25.049944°N 121.375222°E /25.049944; 121.375222
Key people	Barry Lam, Founder,CEO
Products	Notebooks,Smartphones,Servers,Digital televisions, and others
Revenue	US$34.860 billion (2023)^[1]
Net income	US$1.274 billion (2023)^[1]
Total assets	US$22.518 billion (2023)^[1]
Number of employees	56,708 (2023)^[1]
Website	www.quantatw.com

Quanta Computer Building Gate in Hwa Ya Technology Park

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 marketsGPS systems, includinghandheld GPS, in-car GPS,Bluetooth GPS and GPS with other positioning technologies.^[3]

Quanta Computer was announced as theoriginal design manufacturer (ODM) for theXO-1 by theOne Laptop per Child project on December 13, 2005, and took an order for one million laptops as of February 16, 2007.^[4] In October 2008, it was announced thatAcer would phase out Quanta from the production chain, and instead outsource manufacturing of 15 millionAspire One netbooks toCompal Electronics.

In 2011, Quanta designed servers in conjunction withFacebook as part of theOpen Compute Project.^[5]

It was estimated that Quanta had a 31% worldwide market share of notebook computers in the first quarter of 2008.^[6]

History

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The firm was founded in 1988 byBarry Lam, aShanghai-born businessman who grew up inHong Kong and received his education in Taiwan, with a starting capital of less than $900,000.^[7]^[8] A first notebook prototype was completed in November 1988, with factory production beginning in 1990.^[8]

Throughout the 1990s, Quanta established contracts withApple Computers andGateway, among others, opening an after-sales office inCalifornia in 1991 and another one inAugsburg,Germany in 1994. In 1996, Quanta signed a contract withDell, making the firm Quanta's largest customer at the time.^[8]

In 2014, Quanta ranked 409th on Fortune's Global 500 list.^[9] 2016 is the strongest period with it being in 326.^[10] In 2020, Quanta dropped to rank 377.^[11]

Products

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Subsidiaries

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Subsidiaries of Quanta Computer include:^[15]

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.
RoyalTek International - In January 2006, RoyalTek became a member of Quanta Inc. This allows Quanta to create a top-down integration of technology and manufacturing, and we now have manufacturing factories in Taiwan and Shanghai.

Techman Robot Inc.

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Main article:Techman

Techman Robot Inc. is acobot 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 robots afterUniversal Robots.^[16]

Major facilities

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Quanta Shanghai Manufacturing City (QSMC)

Shanghai, China (QSMC)

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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)

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Constructed in April 2010. Quanta Computer invested and built a plant inChongqing, China, the third plant built by Quanta Computer in China.

Court case

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Main article:Quanta Computer, Inc. v. LG Electronics, Inc.

In 2008, LG Electronicssued Quanta Computer company for patent infringement, when Quanta usedIntel components with non-Intel components.^[17] TheSupreme 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 withIntel and LG.