新聞:(2006年8月14日世界日報-偉創力併艾崴威脅鴻海)全球第二大電子專業代工(EMS)大廠偉創力(Flextronics)最近收購台灣伺服器主機板廠商艾崴公司,強化其主機板、伺服器等設計及代工能力。偉創力持續在主機板、數位相機、遊戲機與伺服器等多項產品領域上,與鴻海交鋒,成為鴻海擴張版圖的頭號競爭對手。
新聞來源:http://www.worldjournal.com/wj-fn-news.php?nt_seq_id=1401013 [1]
表一艾葳中華民國專利彙整 |
專利號 |
核准日或公開日 |
專利名稱 |
M280093 |
2005/11/1 |
散熱風扇固定暨電氣連接結構 |
M277980 |
2005/10/11 |
散熱風扇固定結構 |
M277976 |
2005/10/11 |
電子產品內部模組化電源傳輸結構 |
M254660 |
2005/1/1 |
電源供應器組裝結構 |
M254652 |
2005/1/1 |
主機系統散熱結構 |
M254639 |
2005/1/1 |
電腦殼體之翻轉結構 |
M254638 |
2005/1/1 |
電腦殼體之推置結構 |
I222555 |
2004/10/21 |
多倍頻選擇之Socket A (462) 中央處理單元升級插座 |
584244 |
2004/4/11 |
擴充設備之連接結構改良 |
566627 |
2003/12/11 |
讀卡機之結構改良 |
562176 |
2003/11/11 |
模組化個人電腦 |
556879 |
2003/10/1 |
中央處理器之散熱結構改良 |
547688 |
2003/8/11 |
主機板之改良結構 |
537441 |
2003/6/11 |
散熱風扇之結構改良 |
524329 |
2003/3/11 |
電腦主機板之EMI防干擾結構 |
452121 |
2001/8/21 |
電腦中央處理器(CPU)散熱效果之改良裝置 |
278007 |
1996/6/1 |
紅外線訊號傳輸器 |
277722 |
1996/6/1 |
可簡化電腦主機板硬體設定之裝置 |
表二偉創力美國核准專利 |
Publication
(專利號) |
Title(專利名稱) |
Pub. Date(核准日) |
US7043284 |
Integrated cellular phone, digital camera, and PDA, with swivel mechanism providing access to the interface elements of each function |
2006-05-09 |
US6989984 |
Personal entertainment device (PED) with double-opening flap |
2006-01-24 |
US6963744 |
Method and system for saving power in mobile units |
2005-11-08 |
US6891505 |
EMC- arrangement for a device employing wireless data transfer |
2005-05-10 |
USD504426 |
Desktop computer |
2005-04-26 |
US6815844 |
Circuit for supplying power to a network termination unit of a message transmission system |
2004-11-09 |
US6791467 |
Adaptive remote controller |
2004-09-14 |
US6687757 |
Packet processor |
2004-02-03 |
US6618263 |
Quick release hold-down for PCI/AGP cards |
2003-09-09 |
US6511010 |
Optical fiber management installation appliance |
2003-01-28 |
US6332026 |
Bass management system for home theater equipment |
2001-12-18 |
評析:
關於艾葳公司(Iwill Corp., http://www.iwill.net/, http://www.iwill.com.tw/)基本介紹可參考104人力銀行之公司簡介,部分資料節錄如下[2]:
IWILL創立於1989年4月,初期以設計、製造主機板為主,隨著科技的日新月異,IWILL經歷SCSI、RAID與Multi- Processor不同階段的發展,專注於設計工業級主機板,創新開發工作站及高階伺服器。因為,我們深信技術的精進是為了提供人們更好的生活環境,秉持這樣的理念IWILL累積十七年的技術經驗,用「全力以赴的精神,成為高階電腦供應商。」
公司資本額4億3500萬元,主要產品與服務包括:
High Performance Computing、刀鋒式Blade Server、Workstation、Server Appliance、企業級防火牆Firewall硬體之研發、製造。
表一為艾葳中華民國專利彙整,包括核准與早期公開等。其餘關於偉創力併購艾葳之後的經營策略調整,可參考原新聞討論[1]。
偉創力(Flextronics International Ltd.)在Google Finance簡介如下[3]:
Flextronics International Ltd. (Flextronics) is a provider of electronics manufacturing services to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in industries, such as computing; mobile; consumer digital; industrial, semiconductor and white goods; automotive, marine and aerospace; infrastructure, and medical. The Company provides a range of vertically integrated global supply chain services, through which it designs, builds and ships a packaged product for its OEM customers. The Company's services include printed circuit board and flexible circuit fabrication; systems assembly and manufacturing; logistics; after-sales services; design and engineering services; original design manufacturing services, and components design and manufacturing. As of March 31, 2006, its total manufacturing capacity was approximately 15.8 million square feet in over 30 countries across four continents.
2006年(2005年4月~2006年3月)偉創力營收為152.9億美金(接近5千億台幣),員工數達9萬9千員,其餘年度財務資訊與最近一季財務報表見[3]。偉創力(含剛出售給AMIS Holdings的Flextronics Semiconductor Inc.)美國核准專利如表二所示。(3135字)
參考資料:
1. http://www.worldjournal.com/wj-fn-news.php?nt_seq_id=1401013
2. http://www.104.com.tw/jobbank/cust_job/introduce.cfm?invoice=23296510000
3. http://finance.google.com/finance?q=Flextronics
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