Everex

Infobox_Company
company_name = Everex (formerly Everex Systems, Inc.)
company_
company_type = Subsidiary of First International Computer, Inc. of Taiwan (Publicly Listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE 3701)
foundation = 1983
location_city = Fremont, CA
location_country = USA
key_people = John Lin, General Manager; Paul C. Kim, Director of Marketing
industry = Computer hardware
Diversified Electronics
products = Notebook, Desktop, and Ultra Mobile personal computers including the eXplora, IMPACT, StepNote, gPC and CloudBook branded product lines
homepage = http://www.everex.com

Everex ("Ever for Excellence!") is a manufacturer of desktop and notebook personal computers. It was established in 1983 and headquartered in Fremont, California. The company was founded by Steve Hui, John Lee and Wayne Cheung. In 1988, Everex was the leader in tape backup sales with half the world market. By 1993, the company had slipped into bankruptcy and was acquired by the Formosa Plastics Group.

History

In 1983, Everex shipped its first hard drive, tape backup and graphics product. Seven years later, with an ever expanding product line, annual revenues totaled over $436 million and the workforce topped 2,200 employees. In 1985, Everex began shipping personal computers under private labels. Three years later the STEP computer line launched, introducing cutting-edge 286 and 386-based computing to a mass audience. In addition to computer systems, high-performance file servers and a UNIX-based operating system (ESIX), the company produced tape drives, graphics boards, data and fax modems, memory enhancement products, network boards, desktop publishing products, disk drive and tape driver controllers and monitors.

* 1983 - Everex founded in Fremont, California
* 1984 - First Everex Hard Disk Drive shipped
* 1986 - 286-Based STEP line of computers launched
* 1987 - Everex IPO under NASDAQ "EVRX"
* 1993 - Everex files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection [cite web |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0NEW/is_1993_Jan_5/ai_13375000 |title=Everex files for Chapter 11 |accessdate=2007-08-17 |date=1993-01-05 |publisher=Newsbytes News Network]
* 1993 - Everex purchased by the Formosa Plastics Group
* 1998 - Everex launches FreeStyle, the world's first Windows CE PDA
* 2007 - Everex launches its first 17" widescreen Vista notebook
* 2007 - Everex launches low-cost green PC Impact GC3502 running gOS [cite web |url=http://www.electronista.com/articles/07/07/18/everex.gc3502/ |title=Everex intros $298 green PC with OpenOffice |accessdate=2007-08-08 |date=2007-07-18 |publisher=electronista]
* 2007 - Everex Announces Plans for Sub-$300 Linux Notebooks [cite web |url=http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/139196/everex_readies_sub300_linux_notebooks.html
title=Everex Readies Sub-$300 Linux Notebooks |accessdate=2007-11-08 |date=2007-11-02 |publisher=pcworld]
* 2008 - Everex launches a series of low cost "green" systems, the CloudBook UMPC, the gBook notebook and the gPC mini Mac mini-like desktop, all running the Ubuntu based gOS Linux with the GNOME desktop environment. [http://www.everexgreen.com Everex website for it's new "green" systems.]
* 2008 - The company accepted an offer to be purchased by NewMarket Technology, Inc. from First International Computer in June 2008. [http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0409526.htm] [ [http://www.itworld.com/business/53379/everex-acquired-newmarket-technology Everex acquired by NewMarket Technology | ITworld ] ] [http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/technology/newmarket-technology-highlights-terms-everex-agreement-anticipated-benefits/]

See also

* Zonbu, some of whose computers are based on Everex hardware [ [http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9053954642.html Notebook-style computing appliance runs Linux ] ]
* Everex green computers

References

External links

* [http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Everex-Systems-Inc-Company-History.html Company history]