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Acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2006; brand retired in 2009: VTech — Hong Kong: 1976: 1997: Spun off computer division as PC Partner: Walton Group — Bangladesh: 1977: Unknown: Exited the computer business: Wang Laboratories — United States: 1951: 1999: Acquired by Getronics: Wicat Systems — United States: 1980: 1992: Acquired by ...
There are a number of other companies (AMD, Microchip, Altera, etc.) making specialized chipsets as part of other ICs, and they are not often found in PC hardware (laptop, desktop or server). There are also a number of now defunct companies (like 3com, DEC, SGI) that produced network related chipsets for us in general computers.
During the 1980s and 1990s, a relatively large number of companies appeared selling primarily 2D graphics cards and later 3D. Most of those companies have subsequently disappeared, as the increasing complexity of GPUs substantially increased research and development costs. Many of these companies subsequently went bankrupt or were bought out.
PCPartPicker was created by Philip Carmichael in 2011. The website was substantially redesigned in February 2015. [2] [3] As of 2023 the site provides localized currencies and links to physical stores in 38 countries. The website is funded through affiliate linking to sites such as Amazon.com. [4]
By 1990, Taiwanese companies manufactured 11% of the world's laptops. That percentage grew to 32% in 1996, 50% in 2000, 80% in 2007 and 94% in 2011. [ 4 ] The Taiwanese ODMs have since lost some market share to Chinese ODMs, but still manufactured 82.3% of the world's laptops in Q2 of 2019, according to IDC.
After substantial growth in 2010, sales volume started declining in 2012 which continued for seven consecutive years until 2019. A consumer-led spike in PC sales occurred in 2020 and 2021 as a result of stay-at-home orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This includes all active computer hardware companies that can also be found in the subcategories. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Computer hardware manufacturers . See also: List of computer hardware manufacturers
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