Editing Quanta Computer

{{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>

== History ==
The firm was founded in 1988 by [[Barry Lam]], a [[Shanghai]]-born businessman who grew up in [[Hong Kong]] and received his education in Taiwan, with a starting capital of less than $900,000.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Quanta Computer|url=https://www.forbes.com/companies/quanta-computer/|access-date=2020-10-30|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=History of Quanta Computer Inc. – FundingUniverse|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/quanta-computer-inc-history/|access-date=2020-10-30|website=www.fundinguniverse.com}}</ref> A first notebook prototype was completed in November 1988, with factory production beginning in 1990.<ref name=":0" />

Throughout the 1990s, Quanta established contracts with [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] and [[Gateway, Inc.|Gateway]], opening an after-sales office in [[California]] in 1991 and another in [[Augsburg]], [[Germany]] in 1994. In 1996, Quanta signed a contract with [[Dell]], making the firm Quanta's largest customer at the time.<ref name=":0" />

In 2014, Quanta ranked 409th on Fortune's Global 500 list.<ref>{{Cite web|last=中時新聞網|title=全球500大 鴻海擠進32名 - 財經要聞|url=https://www.chinatimes.com/newspapers/20140709001074-260202?chdtv|access-date=2020-10-30|website=中時新聞網|date=9 July 2014 |language=zh-Hant-TW}}</ref> 2016 is the strongest period with it being in 326.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fortune|title=Global 500 2016|url=https://fortune.com/global500/2016/search/?hqcountry=Taiwan|access-date=2020-11-23}}</ref> In 2020, Quanta dropped to rank 377.<ref>{{Cite web|title=《財星》全球500強出爐9台企上榜 台積電純益率奪冠|url=https://tw.appledaily.com/property/20200810/AQPEMVYPCCK4KBJVVUZCILPP6E/|access-date=2020-10-30|website=蘋果新聞網|language=zh-tw}}</ref>

== Manufactured products ==
*[[Apple Watch]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://wccftech.com/apple-watch-series-3-quanta-computer/|title=Apple Watch Series 3 Likely To Launch in Fall 2017 Raising Revenue for Quanta Computer|last=Ali|first=Zara|date=2017-07-25|work=Wccftech|access-date=2018-02-01|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[MacBook Air|Apple Macbook Air]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/12-inch-MacBook-Air-Launching-in-Q1-Quanta-Ramps-Up-Manufacturing-469795.shtml|title=12-inch MacBook Air Launching in Q1, Quanta Ramps Up Manufacturing|last=Truta|first=Filip|work=softpedia|access-date=2018-02-01|language=en-us}}</ref>
*[[MacBook Pro|Apple Macbook Pro]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/AC/Macbook-Pro-lifts-Quanta-s-Q1-revenue-but-forex-losses-hit-bottom-line|title=Macbook Pro lifts Quanta's Q1 revenue, but forex losses hit bottom line - Nikkei Asian Review|work=Nikkei Asian Review|access-date=2018-02-01|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Steam Deck]]{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}
*[[ThinkPad Z60m]]{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}

== Subsidiaries ==
Subsidiaries of Quanta Computer include:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.quantatw.com/News_Core/program/news/UploadedFiles/NEWS002038/廣達106Q1合併英文報.pdf|title=(English Translation of Consolidated Financial Statements and Report Originally Issued in Chinese) QUANTA COMPUTER INC. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS|website=Quanta Computer Inc. |page=12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001083937/http://www.quantatw.com/News_Core/program/news/UploadedFiles/NEWS002038/%E5%BB%A3%E9%81%94106Q1%E5%90%88%E4%BD%B5%E8%8B%B1%E6%96%87%E5%A0%B1.pdf|archive-date=1 October 2018|url-status=live|access-date=1 October 2018}}</ref>

* [[QCT (Quanta Cloud Technology)|Quanta Cloud Technology Inc]] - provider of data center hardware.
* [[FaceVsion|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.===
{{Main|Techman}}
Techman Robot Inc. is a [[cobot]] 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 after [[Universal Robots]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Huang |first1=Elaine |title=This Made-in-Taiwan Robot Is Drawing International Attention |url=https://english.cw.com.tw/article/article.action?id=2436 |website=english.cw.com.tw |publisher=CommonWealth |access-date=5 August 2019}}</ref>

==Facilities==
[[File:Quanta Shanghai Manufacturing City (QSMC).jpg|thumb|Quanta Shanghai Manufacturing City (QSMC)]]
===[[Shanghai|Shanghai, China]] (QSMC)===

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)===

Constructed in April 2010. Quanta Computer invested and built a plant in [[Chongqing|Chongqing, China]], the third plant built by Quanta Computer in China.

==Court case==
{{main|Quanta Computer, Inc. v. LG Electronics, Inc.}}
In 2008, LG Electronics [[Quanta Computer, Inc. v. LG Electronics, Inc.|sued Quanta Computer company for patent infringement]], when Quanta used [[Intel]] components with non-Intel components.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://topics.law.cornell.edu/supct/cert/06-937|title=Quanta Computer, Inc. v. LG Electronics, Inc. (06-937)|author=LII Staff|date=7 January 2008|access-date=16 January 2017}}</ref>  The [[Supreme 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 with [[Intel]] and LG.

==See also==
{{Portalbar|Taiwan|Companies|Telecommunication|Electronics|Technology|Manufacturing}}

* [[List of companies of Taiwan]]

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{official website|http://www.quantatw.com/}}
*[http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20050923A7031.html Quanta market share]

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