19 Facts About DFI

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DFI is a Taiwanese industrial computer company with headquarters in Taipei.

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However, DFI switched to the production of motherboards after searching for potential markets and deciding to focus on the strengths of DFI.

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Since its growing advances in manufacturing motherboards, DFI was awarded the Intel Global Demo Board manufacturer award in 1998 and 1999 respectively.

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DFI introduced the junior lineup with two products, p45 and 790gx, in the beginning, which has since been extended with Nvidia and X58 chipsets.

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DFI has already gained a reputation from its motherboard products and hot-selling lineup, LanParty, at that time.

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Since DFI planned to focus on developing embedded system products, not only did they stop developing Consumer Product Line, but started establishing embedded system developments and designs in 2011 to expand its industrial computer business.

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In 1984, DFI established facility in Taipei and began manufacturing and selling computers and peripherals.

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In 1987, with the capital of $30 million, DFI started to establish facility in Hsi-Chih City, Taiwan.

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In 1990, DFI announced its Patent License Agreement with Intel Corporation and became the first company with an assembly production line in America to enable technical support service in cooperation with Intel.

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The 810 motherboard of DFI was awarded the Demo Board amongst Intel Asia-Pacific region.

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DFI went public and launched its initial public offering on 15, January, 2000.

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In 2003, DFI's renowned gamer overclocking motherboard, LANPARTY NFII ULTRA, was awarded LANPARTY.

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In 2004, DFI launched a product line based on Intel® 940 Series Chipsets, covering different form factors from COM Express Basic, G5C900-B, Mini-ITX motherboard, CT132-B, to ST100-G5C embedded system,.

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DFI launched the panel PC, FS200-BMX5, which was based on ARM Cortex-A8 Freescale i MX53 processors.

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DFI launched a product line based on Intel G41 Chipsets, inclusive of EL109-N Mini-ITX motherboard, EL339-B microATX motherboard, and EL620-C ATX motherboard, as well as HNVR320-EL embedded system.

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In 2008, DFI released a product line based on Intel GM45 Chipsets, ranging from CA900-B COM Express Basic, to small form factor CA230-BF Mini-DTX board, to CA101-D Mini-ITX motherboard, to CA331-P microATX motherboard.

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DFI launched system-on-module Qseven, QB700-B + Q7951, which was powered by Intel Atom E600 series processors .

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18.

In 2016, DFI has released Qualcomm-based motherboard and medical industrial computer that dedicate itself to various fields and expand its business with different platforms.

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19.

DFI-ACP is a Wintel based platform provider for non-PC business, products range from board level, open frame, add-on boards to barebone systems.

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