quanta computer incorporated (twse: 2382) (chinese: 廣達電腦; pinyin: guǎngdá diànnǎo) is a taiwan-based manufacturer of notebook computers and other electronic hardware. its customers include apple inc., dell, hewlett-packard inc.,[2] alienware, amazon.com, cisco, fujitsu, gericom, lenovo, lg, maxdata, mpc, blackberry ltd, sharp corporation, siemens ag, sony, sun microsystems, toshiba, verizon wireless, and vizio.[citation needed] it was founded by barry lam in 1988. lam continues to head the company. quanta has extended its businesses into enterprise network systems, home entertainment, mobile communication, automotive electronics, and digital home markets. the company also designs, manufactures and markets gps systems, including handheld gps, in-car gps, bluetooth gps and gps with other positioning technologies.[3]