Editing ViewSonic (section)

==Company history==
The company was initially founded as Keypoint Technology Corporation in 1987 by [[James Chu]]. In 1990, it launched the ViewSonic line of color computer monitors, and shortly afterward the company renamed itself after its monitor brand.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://goldsea.com/RTR/Chujames/chujames.html|title=James Chu 1/8 - Asian American Rags to Riches Success Stories|publisher=GoldSea}}</ref>

The ViewSonic logo features [[Gouldian finch]]es, colorful birds native to [[Australia]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Company|url=https://www.viewsonic.com/us/about-us|access-date=2021-08-09|website=www.viewsonic.com}}</ref>

In the mid-1990s, ViewSonic rose to become one of the top-rated makers of computer CRT monitors, alongside [[Trinitron|Sony]], [[NEC]], [[MAG InnoVision]], and [[Panasonic]]. ViewSonic soon displaced the rest of these companies to emerge as the largest display manufacturer from America/Japan at the turn of the millennium.

In 2000, ViewSonic acquired the [[Nokia]] Display Products' branded business.<ref>[http://press.nokia.com/PR/200001/775025_5.html ViewSonic Corporation Acquires Nokia Display Products' Branded Business] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209090630/http://press.nokia.com/PR/200001/775025_5.html |date=December 9, 2008 }} (January 17, 2000) - Accessed: July 3, 2007</ref>

In 2002 ViewSonic announced a 3840x2400 [[WQUXGA]], 22.2-inch monitor, VP2290.

In 2005, ViewSonic and [[Tatung Company|Tatung]] won a British patent lawsuit filed against them by [[LG Philips Display|LG Philips]] in a dispute over which company created technology for rear mounting of LCDs in a mobile PC (U.K. Patent GB2346464B, titled “portable computer").<ref>{{cite news | first=Edward | last=F. Moltzen | title=ViewSonic Prevails In Patent Dispute | date=2005-12-13 | publisher=CMP Media LLC | url =http://www.crn.com/it-channel/175001457?queryText=viewsonic | work =ChannelWeb Network | access-date = 2007-07-07 }}</ref>

On July 2, 2007, the company filed with the [[Securities and Exchange Commission]] to raise up to $143.8M in an [[Initial public offering|IPO]] on [[NASDAQ]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070706010208/http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/07/02/ap3879649.html ViewSonic Registers for IPO], Forbes. Access date: 3-July-2007.</ref>

On March 5, 2008, the company filed a withdraw request with the [[Securities and Exchange Commission]] saying "terms currently obtainable in the public marketplace are not sufficiently attractive to the Registrant to warrant proceeding with the initial public offering".<ref>[https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1068806/000110465908015551/a08-7335_1rw.htm Re: ViewSonic Corporation Withdrawal of Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-144262)], Securities and Exchange Commission. Access date: 8-March-2008-09.</ref>

In 2017, ViewSonic entered the [[interactive whiteboard]] market with its ViewBoard flat panels and myViewBoard software. ViewSonic was named a best-selling collaboration display brand in 2018.<ref>[https://finance.yahoo.com/news/viewsonic-named-best-selling-collaboration-234500544.html ViewSonic Named the Best-Selling Collaboration Display Brand of Q1 2018], Yahoo. Access date: 14-May-2019.</ref> By 2019, more than 5,500 elementary and junior high schools in the United States had installed ViewBoards, and ViewSonic ranked third in global interactive display market share, excluding China.<ref>{{cite web|title=Forgotten Display Market Leader ViewSonic Stages a Comeback|url=https://english.cw.com.tw/article/article.action?id=2626|access-date=9 August 2021|website=Commonwealth Magazine}}</ref> ViewSonic became a [[Google for Education]] partner in 2019<ref>[https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/viewsonic-becomes-a-google-for-education-partner-300873311.html ViewSonic Becomes a Google for Education Partner]</ref> and a [[Microsoft]] Education partner in 2020.<ref>[https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/viewsonic-becomes-a-microsoft-education-partner-with-myviewboard-for-windows-300991090.html ViewSonic Becomes a Microsoft Education Partner with myViewBoard for Windows]</ref>