List of computer hardware manufacturers

Current notable computer hardware manufacturers:

Cases Edit

List of computer case manufacturers:

Rack-mount computer cases Edit

Antec
AOpen

Laptop computer cases Edit

Clevo
MSI

Motherboards Edit

Top motherboard manufacturers:

List of mainboard manufacturers:

Acer
ACube Systems
Albatron
AOpen
Chassis Plans
DFI (industrial motherboards), stopped producing LanParty motherboards in 2009
ECS (Elitegroup Computer Systems)
EPoX (partially defunct)
First International Computer
Foxconn
Fujitsu^[1]
Gumstix
Intel (NUC and server motherboards)
Lanner Inc (industrial motherboards)
Leadtek
Lite-On
NZXT
Pegatron
PNY Technologies
Powercolor
Sapphire Technology
Shuttle Inc.
Simmtronics
Supermicro
Tyan
VIA Technologies
Vigor Gaming
ZOTAC

Defunct:

Chipsets for motherboards Edit

Central processing units (CPUs) Edit

Note: most of these companies only make designs, and do not manufacture their own designs.

Top x86 CPU manufacturers:

AMD
Intel

List of CPU manufacturers (most of the companies sell ARM-based CPUs, assumed if nothing else stated):

Arm Ltd. (sells designs only)
Apple Inc. (ARM-based CPUs)
Broadcom Inc. (ARM-based, e.g. for Raspberry Pi)
Fujitsu (its ARM-based CPU used in top supercomputer, still also sells its SPARC-based servers)
Hitachi (its own designs and ARM)
Hygon (x86-based)
HiSilicon (acquired by Huawei), stopped making its ARM-based design
IBM (now only designs two architectures)
Ingenic Semiconductor (MIPS-based)
Marvell (its ThunderX3 ARM-based)
MCST (its own designs and SPARC)
MediaTek (ARM chips, and MIPS chips)^[2]
Nvidia (sells ARM-based, and unsuccessfully attempted to buy the ARM company)
Qualcomm (ARM-based)
Rockchip (ARM-based)
Amlogic (ARM-based)
Allwinner (ARM-based)
Samsung (ARM-based)
SiFive (RISC-V-based, e.g. HiFive Unleashed)
Texas Instruments (its own designs and ARM)
Via (formerly Centaur Technology division), its own x86-based design
Wave Computing (previously MIPS Technologies), licenses MIPS CPU design
Zhaoxin (its own x86 design based on Via's)

Hard disk drives (HDDs) Edit

Internal Edit

List of current hard disk drive manufacturers:

External Edit

Note: the HDDs internal to these devices are manufactured only by the internal HDD manufacturers listed above.

List of external hard disk drive manufacturers:

Drive controller and RAID cards Edit

Solid-state drives (SSDs) Edit

Many companies manufacture SSDs but only six companies actually manufacture the NAND flash devices^[4] that are the storage element in most SSDs.

Optical disc drives (ODDs) Edit

List of optical disc drive manufacturers:

Fans Edit

Aigo
Antec
Arctic
be quiet!
Corsair
Cooler Master
Deepcool
Delta Electronics
Ebm-papst
Inventec
Minebea (NMB)
Nidec
Noctua
Razer Inc. (also bundled with AIO watercoolers)
Thermaltake
Zalman

Fan controllers Edit

Asus (bundled with top of the range ROG motherboards)
Cooler Master
Corsair
GELID Solutions
NZXT
Razer Inc. (external or internal)
Thermaltake
Zalman

Computer cooling systems Edit

List of computer cooling system manufacturers:

Non-refillable liquid cooling (AiO) Edit

List of non-refillable liquid cooling manufacturers:

Cooler Master "Seidon Series"
Corsair "H-Series"
Deepcool "CAPTAIN Series" "MAELSTROM Series"
EKWB
EVGA Corporation
Fractal Design "Kelvin Series"
Lian Li
NZXT "Kraken Series"
Razer Inc. "Hanbo Chroma Series"
Thermaltake "Water2.0 Series"
Zalman "SKADI series" "Reserator 3 Max" "LQ series" "Reserator 3 Max Dual"
Zotac (stopped producing water coolers)

Refillable liquid cooling kits Edit

List of refillable liquid cooling kits manufacturers:

Thermaltake

Water block Edit

List of water block manufacturers:

Video-card cooling Edit

List of graphics card cooling manufacturers:

Computer monitors Edit

List of companies that are actively manufacturing and selling computer monitors:

Smartglasses Edit

Virtual reality headsets Edit

Video cards (graphics cards) Edit

List of video card manufacturers:

Graphics processing units (GPUs) Edit

Advanced Micro Devices
ARM Holdings (Mali GPUs, first designed by acquired Falanx)
ATI Technologies (Acquired by Advanced Micro Devices)
Broadcom Limited
Imagination Technologies (PowerVR)
Intel
Matrox
Moore Threads
Nvidia
Qualcomm
Via (S3 Graphics division)
Vivante Corporation
ZiiLABS
Tseng Labs – (acquired by ATI)
XGI
3dfx Interactive (Bankrupt)

Keyboards Edit

List of keyboard manufacturers:

Mouse Edit

List of mouse manufacturers:

Vsg

Mouse pads Edit

List of mouse pad manufacturers:

Joysticks Edit

List of Joystick manufacturers:

Speakers Edit

List of computer speaker manufacturers:

Altec Lansing
AOpen (stopped making speakers)
Auzentech
Behringer
Bose Corporation
Cemex
Cerwin-Vega
Corsair
Creative Technology
Edifier
General Electric
Gigabyte Technology
Hama Photo
Harman International Industries (acquisition)

(division: Harman Kardon, JBL)

Modems Edit

List of modem manufacturers:

Network interface cards (NICs) Edit

List of network card manufacturers:

Chipsets for network cards Edit

There are a number of other companies (AMD, Microchip, Altera, etc) making specialized chipsets as part of other ICs, and they are not often found in PC hardware (laptop, desktop or server). There are also a number of now defunct companies (like 3com, DEC, SGI) that produced network related chipsets for us in general computers.

Power supply units (PSUs) Edit

List of power supply unit (PSU) manufacturers:

Random-access memory (RAM) modules Edit

Note that the actual memory chips are manufactured by a small number of DRAM manufacturers. List of memory module manufacturers:

Random-access memory (RAM) chips Edit

List of current DRAM manufacturers:^[5]

List of former or defunct DRAM manufacturers:

NEC, Hitachi, later Elpida Memory (went bankrupt, bought by Micron)
Mitsubishi, later Elpida
Siemens, spun off Infineon Technologies, spun off Qimonda (went bankrupt, IP bought by Micron and others^[7])
Inotera, bought by Micron
Intel (Intel 1103)
Mostek
Mosel Vitelic Inc (ProMOS Technologies spun off from Mosel Vitelic)
Toshiba (DRAM business sold to Micron)^[8]^[9]
Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation

List of fabless DRAM companies:

Rambus

In addition, other semiconductor manufacturers include SRAM or eDRAM embedded in larger chips.

Headphones Edit

Image scanners Edit

List of image scanner manufacturers:

Sound cards Edit

List of sound card manufacturers:

TV tuner cards Edit

List of TV tuner card manufacturers:

USB flash drives Edit

List of USB flash drive manufacturers:

Webcams Edit

List of webcam manufacturers:

Gaming chair Edit

List of gaming chair manufacturers:

References Edit

^ "Industrial Mainboards – Fujitsu CEMEA&I". www.fujitsu.com. Retrieved 2017-12-16.
^ "Wave Computing Signs New License Agreement with MediaTek". WAVE Computing. 2019-07-30. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Global RAID Cards Market 2018 – Production, Sales, Supply, Demand, Cost Structure, Manufacturers, Shares, Forecast to 2025". IntenseResearch. January 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
^ "NAND flash market share 2019". Statista.
^ "DRAM manufacturer market share by quarter 2021".
^ "First China-Built DRAM Chip Reaches Market - Caixin Global". www.caixinglobal.com.
^ ^a ^b Shilov, Anton. "ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is Ramping up Chinese DRAM Using Qimonda IP". www.anandtech.com.
^ "Winbond pulls designers out of Toshiba on word of DRAM divestiture". EETimes. 2001-08-29. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
^ "Toshiba exits DRAM market, sells fab to Micron". EETimes. 2001-12-18. Retrieved 2022-08-03.

[1] "Industrial Mainboards – Fujitsu CEMEA&I". www.fujitsu.com. Retrieved 2017-12-16.

[2] "Wave Computing Signs New License Agreement with MediaTek". WAVE Computing. 2019-07-30. Retrieved 2020-11-19.

[RAID2018-3] "Global RAID Cards Market 2018 – Production, Sales, Supply, Demand, Cost Structure, Manufacturers, Shares, Forecast to 2025". IntenseResearch. January 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.

[MANU-4] "NAND flash market share 2019". Statista.

[5] "DRAM manufacturer market share by quarter 2021".

[6] "First China-Built DRAM Chip Reaches Market - Caixin Global". www.caixinglobal.com.

[auto-7] Shilov, Anton. "ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is Ramping up Chinese DRAM Using Qimonda IP". www.anandtech.com.

[8] "Winbond pulls designers out of Toshiba on word of DRAM divestiture". EETimes. 2001-08-29. Retrieved 2022-08-03.

[9] "Toshiba exits DRAM market, sells fab to Micron". EETimes. 2001-12-18. Retrieved 2022-08-03.

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