AOpen
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | December 1996 |
| Seat | Taipei , Taiwan |
| management | Jason Chen, Chairman Dale Tsai, President |
| Number of employees | 1,129 ( June 2006 ) |
| Branch | PC components peripherals |
| Website | www.aopen.com/de |
AOpen is a large Taiwanese manufacturer of PC components and peripherals for computers.
company
The company was founded in December 1996, the head office is now in the Neihu district of Taipei in Taiwan , regional offices are in San José in the United States , for Europe in Hertogenbosch ( Netherlands ), Madrid ( Spain ) and Moscow ( Russia ), for Asia in Tokyo ( Japan ) and Shanghai ( China ). In Hong Kong in China is also a manufacturing plant of AOpen, another in Zhongshan in the province of Guangdong in China. The distribution for the German-speaking area takes place from Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands. AOpen has been traded on the Taiwan Stock Exchange since August 2002 under the ticker symbol 3046.
Products
The product range includes motherboards , optical drives , graphics cards , sound cards , input devices (u a.. Mice ), headsets and computer case in different designs with PC power supplies and CPU - fans .
AOpen is known for its MoDT technology ("Mobile on Desktop"), which enables Pentium M processors to be used on desktop systems. Since the Pentium IV gets very hot compared to the Pentium M, many manufacturers produced desktop mainboards for the Pentium M in 2005/2006.
miniPC
One of AOpen's best-known MoDT systems is the AOpen miniPC, a Mac mini- looking computer that comes with Linspire preinstalled . Critics refer to the miniPC as a simple copy of the Mac mini, especially since the miniPC was launched shortly after the Mac mini. AOpen denies, however: “AOpen has already invested two years in the development and marketing of the miniPC. The miniPC concept is much older than the Mac mini. ”Aside from the question of which of the two concepts is the older one, it is noticeable that Apple has not yet sued AOpen for the design of the miniPC. AOpen presented a new version of the miniPC (MP945-VX) at the Intel Developer Conference (IDF) in March 2006 .