First International Computer, Inc.
Type	Private
Founded	1980
Headquarters	Taipei, Taiwan
Key people	Dr. Ming-Jen Chien, CEO and Chairman; Shui-bian Chen, President; Mike Liang, VP and Sales Marketing
Industry	Computer hardware Diversified Electronics
Products	Motherboards, graphics cards, notebooks, and others (see complete list of categories)
Website	www.fic.com.tw

First International Computer, Inc. (FIC) is a Taiwanese computer and components manufacturer, that designs and manufactures computer products and electronic components for other electronics equipment manufacturers worldwide. The company's products include motherboards, embedded computing systems, graphics cards, PCs, and notebook computers. FIC is a privately operated company founded in 1980 by Dr. Ming-Jen Chien, in Taipei, Taiwan. A private company is a company that is independently owned. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Nickname: the City of Azaleas (杜鵑花之城) Coordinates: Country Republic of China Region Northern Taiwan Capital Xinyi Dist (信義區) Mayor Hau Lung-bin Area    - City 271. ... Computer hardware is the physical part of a computer, including the digital circuitry, as distinguished from the computer software that executes within the hardware. ... A motherboard, also known as a mainboard, system board, or logic boards on Apple Computers, and sometimes abbreviated as mobo (generally credited to the magazine Maximum PC) is the central or primary circuit board making up a complex electronic system, such as a modern computer. ... A graphics/video/display card/board/adapter is a computer component designed to convert the logical representation of visual information into a signal that can be used as input for a display medium. ... A laptop computer or simply laptop (also notebook computer or notebook) is a small mobile personal computer, which usually weighs 2. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ... A BlueGene supercomputer cabinet. ...

Product Categories

First International Computer product line-up includes: desktop PCs, notebook PCs, graphics cards embedded systems, mobile phones, and computer memory. They also manufacture Intel and AMD based motherboards for computer hobbyists and PC Manufacturers to build PC's from. The IT (information technology) term desktop may refer to: The area behind the windows in the desktop metaphor of computer user interfaces Desktop environment or software that provides a comprehensive computer user interface Desktop computer - An independent personal computer, as opposed to other forms of PCs, such as a mobile... A spiral-bound notebook with pen A notebook (also notepad, writing pad, etc. ... A graphics/video/display card/board/adapter is a computer component designed to convert the logical representation of visual information into a signal that can be used as input for a display medium. ... What is an Embedded System? Electronic devices that incorporate a computer(usually a microprocessor) within their implementation. ... The terms storage (U.K.) or memory (U.S.) refer to the parts of a digital computer that retain physical state (data) for some interval of time, possibly even after electrical power to the computer is turned off. ... Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC, SEHK: 4335), founded in 1968 as Integrated Electronics Corporation, is an American multinational corporation that is best known for designing and manufacturing microprocessors and specialized integrated circuits. ... Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ... Apple Macintoshes like the iMac Core Duo are personal computers. ...

External Links

• [Official Website http://www.fic.com.tw/]