Computer_hardware_companies Computer_hardware_companies AST Computers, LLC was a private company founded in 1999 when Beny Alagem, founder of Packard Bell Electronics, bought the name and intellectual property of AST Research, Inc. ...more on Wikipedia about "AST Computers, LLC"
AST Research, Inc. was a personal computer manufacturer, founded in Irvine, California in 1980. AST's original business was the manufacture and marketing of a broad range of microcomputer expansion cards, later focusing on higher-density replacements for IBM's standard I/O cards in the IBM PC. A typical AST card of the mid-1980s would have two RS-232 serial ports, a parallel printer port, a battery-backed clock/calendar (the original IBM PC did not have one), perhaps a bus mouse port, and 384 KB of DRAM (added to the 256 KB on the motherboard to reach the full complement of 640 KB). ...more on Wikipedia about "AST Research, Inc."
Fujitsu Siemens Computers is a European IT vendor, selling consumer and business computing products in the markets of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The company is a 50/50 joint venture between Siemens AG of Germany and Fujitsu Limited of Japan, and was founded in 1999. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fujitsu Siemens Computers"
Micro-Star International (MSI) is a Taiwanese computer and components manufacturer. It manufactures motherboards, storage devices, video cards, audio hardware, barebone pcs and notebooks. MSI products are sold as OEM parts, or to other corporations. It manufactures both ATI and nVidia chipset graphics cards. Some custom personal computer manufacturers such as Alienware and Falcon Northwest have been known to sell PCs equipped with MSI branded motherboards. MSI has been known to produce motherboards which are suitable for overclocking which is popular among hardcore PC gamers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Micro-Star International"
Shuttle is a Taiwan-based manufacturer of motherboards, barebone computers, complete PC systems, and monitors. Throughout the last 10 years, Shuttle has been one of the world's top 10 motherboard manufacturers, and gained fame in 2001 with the introduction of the Shuttle SV24, one of the world's first commercially successful small form factor computers. Shuttle XPC small form factor computers tend to be popular among PC enthusiasts and hobbyists, although in 2004 Shuttle started a campaign to become a brand name recognized by mainstream PC consumers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Shuttle Inc."
Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) is a company that manufactures, among other things, motherboard chipsets. The company was founded in 1987 in Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan. ...more on Wikipedia about "Silicon Integrated Systems"
Transcend Information, Inc., (Transcend) is a global high-technology company with its headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan. Transcend's product portfolio consists of over 2,000 memory modules, flash memory cards, USB pen drives, portable HDDs, multimedia products, graphics cards and accessories. ...more on Wikipedia about "Transcend"
Tseng Laboratories, Inc. (also known as Tseng Labs or TLI) was a maker of graphics chips and controllers for IBM PC compatibles, based in Newtown, Pennsylvania. They were active from the early 1980s to their exit from the graphics business in 1997. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tseng Labs"
VIA Technologies is a Taiwanese manufacturer of integrated circuits, mainly motherboard chipsets, CPUs, and memory, and is part of the Formosa Plastics Group. It is the world's largest independent manufacturer of motherboard chipsets. As a fabless semiconductor company, VIA conducts research and development of its chipsets in-house, then subcontracts the actual (silicon) manufacturing to third-party merchant foundries (such as TSMC.) ...more on Wikipedia about "VIA Technologies"
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