Tag archive: Quanta

We recently heard that Amazon is getting into the tablet business, with an Android device that will push its digital content. Now, a report from DigiTimes suggests the tablet could be here later this year. Component makers are claiming that Quanta has received OEM orders from Amazon, and makes the bold assertion that monthly orders during peak season will reach 700,000 to 800,000 orders. Amazon is also reportedly working with E Ink Holdings for… Read More

Video conferencing solution developer ooVoo has announced it is partnering with Taiwan's Quanta Research Intitute (the R&D arm of Quanta Computer, one of the largest OEM computer makers on the planet) to develop an Internet-based video conferencing solution that can be used on high-definition televisions. The video conferencing technology will work either through a set-top box or a notebook computer, and promises to bring… Read More

South Korea's LG Electronics has filed suit against Taiwan's Quanta, alleging Quanta infringes on four patents related to LG's DVD technology. Quanta is seeking monetary compensation as well as an an injunction preventing Quanta from selling infringing products in the United States. “LG's proprietorship of DVD technologies is widely recognized throughout industry and the unlicensed use of our intellectual… Read More

Taiwan's Quanta Computer is already manufacturing the XO laptop for the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, designed to get inexpensive, network-capable computers into the hands of students and educators in the developing world. Now, in an interview with Financial Times, Quanta president Michael Wang says his company plans to launch a commercial product similar to the OLPC, but aimed at developed markets. Wang notes that concepts,… Read More

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has inked a deal with Taiwan's Quanta to manufacture the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) $100 laptop designed by the MIT Media Lab's Nicholas Negroponte. Quanta is the world's largest laptop manufacturer, manufacturing systems for HP, Apple, Dell, Gateway, Sony, IBM, Sharp, Fujistu, and other major makers. Quanta will have manufactured nearly one-third of the laptop and notebook… Read More