Clevo

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Clevo Computer Company
Type Public (TSEC: CLEVO CO.) (2362)
Founded October 1983
Headquarters Taipei, Taiwan
Key people Kun-Tai Hsu, Chairman
Ming-Hsien Tsai, General Manager
Tien-Jung Yu, Vice President
Industry Computer hardware
(TSEC: Electron)
Products Notebook computers
Operating income NT$ 2.4 billion (2005)
(approx. USD 62 million)
Website www.clevo.com.tw
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Clevo is a laptop manufacturer in Taiwan and diversified into various technology interests, including computer peripherals, information appliances, communications and retail development. Clevo also manufactures re-branded notebooks for various other companies.

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[edit] Clevo Group

Clevo first was established in October 1983 [2] as a laptop manufacturer in Taiwan, but has diversified into various technology interests, including computer peripherals, information appliances, communications and retail development. Today, it has a market capitalisation of approximately US$150 million, and has been a public company on the Taipei Stock Exchange since April 1997.

[edit] Corporate Structure

As a business entity, they operate the following main subdivisions:

[edit] Clevo Computing Division

CLEVO is a large Taiwanese computer company specializing in laptops. While the Clevo brand name is perhaps not widely known, their products are re-branded and sold by known boutique brand OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers)… notably Sager, VoodooPC, Falcon Northwest, Eurocom, etc.
They are also considered (by whoever knows about notebooks) to design and manufacturer the best of the best notebooks in terms of superior build quality and innovative designs.

Established in 1983, as an ODM (Original Design Manufacturer), they sell barebones ranging from laptop to portable computing solutions for both AMD and Intel processors. Clevo is one of the world's most preferred ODM partners and markets their products in more than 50 countries, and have established service centers in the USA, Germany, Britain, China, and Taiwan.

Their main notebook range includes:
* PortaNote (denoted with an D*** in the model number) - Desktop Replacement and Multimedia systems, with features like support for desktop CPUs and multiple hard drives.
* MobiNote (denoted with an M*** in the model number) - Thin and Lightweight systems with superior build quality and performance.
* TabletNote (denoted with a T*** in the model number) - Tablet computer systems.
* LCD PC (denoted with an L*** in the model number) - Portable Desktop all-in-one solutions.

What has Clevo done to distinguish itself?
1994 - First Pentium notebook PC producer in Taiwan
1997 - World's 1st 15.1" notebook
2003 - World's 1st 17" WXGA notebook
2004 - World's 1st Intel Dual-Core notebook (M570 debuted)
2005 - World's 1st AMD X2 Dual-Core notebook (D900K and X2 released late 2005)
2006 - World's 1st notebook with SLI technology (M590K... 19")
2007 - World's 1st Intel Core 2 Quad-core notebook with SLI technology and RAID 5 (D900C already out, G0-step Q6600/Q6700 was released)
2008 - World's 1st DDR3 notebook (M860TU... 15.4" w/ 8800M & 9800M support)

Deciphering the Model Number:
Image:Modelnumberlq8.jpg

How Do Clevo Notebooks Come to You:
1.) When Clevo ships out their notebooks, they are all in barebones* form.
2.) The barebones are shipped to a handful of Clevo importers/OEMs (example for North America: Sager, Pro-Star, Eurocom) that custom build, rename and brand Clevo models (e.g. Sager NP9262) and sell them to end users directly, and through resellers. They also distribute the barebones to various non-importing OEMs.
3.) The non-importing OEMs that buy the barebones from the importer/OEMs then install the custom (yet standardized) components that a customer would choose (CPU, HDD, RAM, etc.)... and may even re-brand the notebook with a new coat of paint, adding stickers, and other customizations.
4.) Then you [the consumer] receives it, which has a warranty through the vendor/reseller you purchased it from, as well as a warranty through the Clevo distributor/importer (for the barebones only).
Note: Clevo does NOT deal with consumers directly, for purchasing or support. The consumer must go through the vendor first for service/support.

* Definition of Barebones: (from Wikipedia) A barebone computer is a half-assembled platform that consists of a case with a power supply, a motherboard preinstalled into the system case, and a cooling system. Barebones are usually designed in a non-standard way and cannot be assembled out of widely available hardware parts. The purchaser of such a platform only has to equip it with a CPU, RAM, hard drive and additional input/output devices depending on his/her own needs.

[edit] Companies re-branding Clevo laptops

The full list spanning 5 continents is available here:

Clevo Guide v2.0 - FAQ and Reseller Info Written by Gophn

[edit] References

  1. ^ Taiwan Stock Exchange. Retrieved on 2007-03-03.
  2. ^ Eagle Micro. Retrieved on 2007-03-03.

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