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ViewSonic Corporation is an American privately held multinational electronics company with headquarters in Brea, California, United States.The company was founded in 1987 as Keypoint Technology Corporation by James Chu and was renamed to its present name in 1993, after a brand name of monitors launched in 1990. Today, ViewSonic specializes in visual display hardware—including liquid-crystal displays, projectors, and interactive whiteboards—as well as digital whiteboarding software. The company trades in three key markets: education, enterprise, and entertainment.

Company history

The company was initially founded as Keypoint Technology Corporation in 1987 by James Chu. In 1990 it launched the ViewSonic line of color computer monitors, and shortly afterward the company renamed itself after its monitor brand.WEB,weblink James Chu 1/8 - Asian American Rags to Riches Success Stories, GoldSea, The ViewSonic logo features Gouldian finches, colorful birds native to Australia.WEB, Company,weblink 2021-08-09, www.viewsonic.com, In the mid-1990s, ViewSonic rose to become one of the top-rated makers of computer CRT monitors, alongside Sony, NEC, MAG InnoVision, and Panasonic. ViewSonic soon displaced the rest of these companies to emerge as the largest display manufacturer from America/Japan at the turn of the millennium.In 2000, ViewSonic acquired the Nokia Display Products' branded business.ViewSonic Corporation Acquires Nokia Display Products' Branded Business {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209090630weblink |date=December 9, 2008 }} (January 17, 2000) - Accessed: July 3, 2007In 2002 ViewSonic announced a 3840x2400 WQUXGA, 22.2-inch monitor, VP2290.In 2005, ViewSonic and Tatung won a British patent lawsuit filed against them by LG Philips in a dispute over which company created technology for rear mounting of LCDs in a mobile PC (U.K. Patent GB2346464B, titled “portable computer").NEWS, Edward, F. Moltzen, ViewSonic Prevails In Patent Dispute, 2005-12-13, CMP Media LLC,weblink ChannelWeb Network, 2007-07-07, On July 2, 2007, the company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise up to $143.8M in an IPO on NASDAQ.weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070706010208weblink">ViewSonic Registers for IPO, Forbes. Access date: 3-July-2007.On March 5, 2008, the company filed a withdraw request with the Securities and Exchange Commission saying "terms currently obtainable in the public marketplace are not sufficiently attractive to the Registrant to warrant proceeding with the initial public offering".Re: ViewSonic Corporation Withdrawal of Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-144262), Securities and Exchange Commission. Access date: 8-March-2008-09.In 2017, ViewSonic entered the interactive whiteboard market with its ViewBoard flat panels and myViewBoard software. ViewSonic was named a best-selling collaboration display brand in 2018.ViewSonic Named the Best-Selling Collaboration Display Brand of Q1 2018, Yahoo. Access date: 14-May-2019. By 2019, more than 5,500 elementary and junior high schools in the United States had installed ViewBoards, and ViewSonic ranked third in global interactive display market share, excluding China.WEB, Forgotten Display Market Leader ViewSonic Stages a Comeback,weblink 9 August 2021, Commonwealth Magazine, ViewSonic became a Google for Education partner in 2019ViewSonic Becomes a Google for Education Partner and a Microsoft Education partner in 2020.ViewSonic Becomes a Microsoft Education Partner with myViewBoard for Windows

Operations

ViewSonic has its headquarters in Brea, California, United States and a research & development center in New Taipei City, Taiwan. {{As of|2021}}, ViewSonic is selling globally with offices in Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, Italy, Ukraine, Turkey, Spain, Sweden, Greece, Switzerland, Australia, Taiwan, Malaysia, India, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Japan, and the United States."ViewSonic.com About Us." ViewSonic.com About Us. Access date: October 2, 2017.

Product history

(File:ViewSonic17.JPG|thumb|right|250px|A ViewSonic 17-inch LCD monitor)In 1998, ViewSonic announced that two of its Professional Series monitors achieved TCO '99 certification.PRESS RELEASE, World First As ViewSonic Monitors Achieve TCO '99, 1998-10-29, PR Newswire Europe Ltd.,weblink prnewswire.co.uk, 2007-07-07, In 2000, ViewSonic partnered with AT&T Corporation to offer Internet appliances integrated with the AT&T WorldNet Service, initially targeting the corporate market. The Internet appliances ranged from standalone i-boxes, integrated LCD and CRT devices, to web phones and wireless web pads. The units were deemed capable of operating on nearly any operating system, including Windows CE, Linux, QNX and VxWorks.PRESS RELEASE, Viewsonic Corporation unveils state-of-the-art internet appliances - announces strategic relationship with AT&T WorldNet Service, 2000-08-01, PR Newswire Europe Ltd.,weblink prnewswire.co.uk, 2007-07-07, In 2002, ViewSonic announced a 3840x2400 WQUXGA, 22.2-inch monitor, VP2290.PRESS RELEASE,weblink ViewSonic Brings World's Highest Resolution Monitor To Its LCD Lineup: 9.2 Mega Pixel LCD Display Provides Professionals with Photographic Quality Images, ViewSonic Press Releases, New York, 25 June 2002,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20021207180615weblink">weblink 7 December 2002, At the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show, ViewSonic introduced display products, namely a projector, monitors and an HDTV set, capable of being connected directly to a video iPod.NEWS, Steven, Burke, CES 2007: ViewSonic Drives iPod Integration, 2007-01-09, CMP Media LLC,weblink ChannelWeb Network, 2007-07-07,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070930184356weblink">weblink 2007-09-30, dead, On May 31, 2011, the ViewPad 7x debuted at the Computex computer show in Taipei, Taiwan, Pocket-Lint reported, being a follow-up rather than a replacement to ViewSonic's existing ViewPad 7 tablet, which runs Android 2.2, a.k.a. Froyo.Lance Whitney, CNET. "Report: ViewSonic to win 7-inch Honeycomb tablet race." May 13, 2011. Retrieved May 13, 2011.In 2017, ViewSonic rolled out its ViewBoard smart interactive whiteboards. By 2019, more than 5,500 elementary and junior high schools in the United States had installed ViewBoards, and ViewSonic ranked third in global interactive display market share (excluding China).WEB, Forgotten Display Market Leader ViewSonic Stages a Comeback,weblink Commonwealth Magazine, 9 August 2021,

See also

• List of computer system manufacturers

References

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External links

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• ViewSonic Corporation at Yahoo! Finance

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