Elitegroup Computer Systems

ECS
Elitegroup Computer Systems Co., Ltd
精英電腦股份有限公司

Type	Public TWSE: 2331
Industry	Computer hardware Electronics
Founded	1987
Headquarters	Neihu District, Taipei City, Taiwan
Key people	Wenyan Lin Guo, CEO and Chairman; Shunyi Ni, Managing Director
Products	Motherboards Graphics Card
Employees	15,493
Website	www.ECS.com.tw

Elitegroup Computer Systems Co., Ltd (TWSE: 2331), (ECS;Chinese: 精英電腦股份有限公司; pinyin: jīngyīng diànnǎo gǔfèn yǒuxiàn gōngsī) is a Taiwan-based electronics firm. It is the fifth largest PC motherboard manufacturer in the world (after Asus, Gigabyte Technology, ASRock, and MSI), with production reaching 24 million units in 2002. Many of these motherboards have been produced for OEM customers and are used in systems assembled and sold by such brand-name companies as IBM and Compaq. Its main competitors are Micro-Star International and ASRock.

ECS headquarters building in Neihu District, Taipei City.

The company has since concentrated on broadening its product range. After ECS's purchase of laptop manufacturer Uniwill in 2006, the company has also been making its mark in the design and manufacture of laptops, desktop replacement computers and multimedia products. ECS computers are sold by Fry's Electronics under the “Great Quality” (“GQ”) brand.

History

Founded in 1987, ECS is headquartered in Taiwan with operations in North America, Europe and the Pacific Rim. The company merged with PCChips (Hsing Tech Enterprise Co., Ltd), a major manufacturer of low-cost motherboards, in 2005.^[1] In June 2003, ECS was selected for two years in a row for Business Week magazine’s exclusive Information Technology 100 list.

See also

ECS also produces Acer computers.

• Asus (Pegatron)
• Gigabyte Technology
• ASRock
• Micro-Star International (MSI)

References

1. ^ PCChips USA, Elitegroup Computer Systems Merger, Creating a New Era in the PC Industry Fremont CA - June 1, 2005 (archived)

External links

• Company website
• PCChips website
• ECS Factory Tour in Shenzhen, China