Editing Quanta Computer (section)

{{short description|Taiwan-based manufacturer of notebook computers and other electronic hardware}}
{{Distinguish|Quantum Computer}}
{{distinguish|Quanta Services|Quanta Technology}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Quanta Computer, Inc.
| logo = Quanta_Computer.svg
| key_people = [[Barry Lam]], Founder, [[Chief executive officer|CEO]]
| industry = [[Computer hardware]]<br />[[Electronics]]
| products = [[Laptop|Notebook]]s, [[Smartphone]]s, [[Server (computing)|Server]]s, [[Digital television]]s, and others
| revenue = {{decrease}} [[US$]]34.860 billion (2023)<ref name=Financials>{{cite web |title=Quanta Computer|url=https://fortune.com/company/quanta-computer/ |website=Fortune GLobal 500 |publisher=Fortune |access-date=2024-08-24}}</ref>
| operating_income = 
| net_income = {{increase}} [[US$]]1.274 billion (2023)<ref name=Financials />
| assets = [[US$]]22.518  billion (2023)<ref name=Financials />
| num_employees = 56,708 (2023)<ref name=Financials />
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.quantatw.com/}}
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{TSE|2382}}
| foundation = {{start date and age|1988}}
| location = [[Taoyuan City]], [[Taiwan]] 
{{Coord|25|2|59.8|N|121|22|30.8|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
}}
[[File:Quanta Computer Hwa Ya Technology Park.JPG|thumb|Quanta Computer Building Gate in Hwa Ya Technology Park]]
'''Quanta Computer Incorporated''' ({{TSE|2382}}) ({{zh|t=廣達電腦|p=Guǎngdá Diànnǎo}}) is a [[Taiwan]]-based contracted manufacturer of electronic hardware.

Quanta's business extends to enterprise network systems, home entertainment, mobile communication, automotive electronics, and digital home markets. The company also designs, manufactures and markets [[Global Positioning System|GPS]] systems, including [[Personal navigation assistant|handheld GPS]], in-car GPS, [[Bluetooth]] GPS and GPS with other positioning technologies.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot_article.asp?ticker=2382:TT |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130501220140/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot_article.asp?ticker=2382:TT |url-status= dead |archive-date= May 1, 2013 |title=QUANTA COMPUTER INC (2382:Taiwan): Company Description - Businessweek|work=investing.businessweek.com|access-date=12 October 2012}}</ref>
[[File:Quanta Research title at COSCUP 20120819.jpg|thumb|Quanta Research title at COSCUP]]
Quanta Computer was announced as the [[original design manufacturer]] (ODM) for the [[XO-1 (laptop)|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.<ref>{{cite web|last=Nystedt|first=Dan|title=One million OLPC laptop orders confirmed|url=http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/021507-one-million-olpc-laptop-orders.html|publisher=Network World|access-date=7 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515191205/http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/021507-one-million-olpc-laptop-orders.html|archive-date=15 May 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> In October 2008, it was announced that [[Acer Inc.|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]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Facebook Launches 'Open Compute Initiative' Servers|url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2383257,00.asp|publisher=[[PC Magazine]]|date=7 April 2011|first=Mark|last=Hachman}}</ref>

It was estimated that notebook computers Quanta had manufactured held a 31% worldwide market share in the first quarter of 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=Quanta remained number one notebook OEM in 1Q08, says DisplaySearch|url=http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20080627PR205.html|publisher=[[DigiTimes]]|date=27 June 2008}}</ref>