Cooler Master is a computer hardware manufacturer from Taiwan. Founded in 1992, the company is renown as one of the popular aftermarket brands for computer chassis, PSU, coolers, cooling pads, and other accessories.

Alongside the retail business, Cooler Master is also a cooling solution OEM vendor for many major brand names of computer industry including nVIDIA (VGA cooler), AMD (CPU cooler), and EVGA (motherboard heatsinks). In recent years the company aggressively expanded its operation and brand exposure into gaming communities and sponsored major events such as KODE5. Some of Cooler Master’s products also won international praises such as iF product design award.

For more information, please visit http://www.coolermaster.com

Established in 1986, its major customers include custom boutique PC manufacturers such as Alienware and Falcon Northwest. Google recently revealed they use GIGABYTE motherboards in the custom servers. The chairman of the company is Yeh Pei-Cheng. GIGABYTE is considered a Tier 1 motherboard manufacturer along with MSI, ECS and Asustek. They shipped approximately 19 million motherboards in 2008.

n addition to the design and manufacture of motherboards hosting AMD and Intel processors, the company also makes graphics cards built around the ATI Technologies and NVIDIA GPUs, such as the GeForce GTX280 and Radeon HD 4870. Secondary lines in the company’s product portfolio include complete PCs, laptops, optical drives, LCD monitors, keyboards Etc.

For more information, please visit http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/

Compaq Computer Corporation was an American personal computer company founded in 1982. Once the largest supplier of personal computing systems in the world[1], Compaq existed as an independent corporation until 2002, when it merged with Hewlett-Packard.

The company was formed by Rod Canion, Jim Harris and Bill Murto former Texas Instruments senior managers. The name “COMPAQ” was derived from “Compatibility and Quality”, as at its formation Compaq produced some of the first IBM PC compatible computers. Prior to its takeover the company was headquartered in northwest unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States.

For more information, please visit www.compaq.com