EPoX
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Industry | Computer |
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Founded | 1995 |
Defunct | 2009 |
Headquarters | Taipei, Taiwan |
Products | Motherboards, Multimedia, Bluetooth equipment |
$ 35.5 Million (end of Year 2004) | |
Number of employees | 200 |
Website | www.epox.com (now defunct) |
EPoX was a manufacturer of motherboards, video cards and communication products. They manufactured mainboards for AMD and Intel processors, which were renowned for being overclocker-friendly yet affordable. Many of their products used the same StudlyCaps naming convention as the company itself.
History
[edit]EPoX Computer Company was established in February 1995. In 1998 the company entered the communications field. EPoX has been listed since November 1999 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange. (TAIEX: 5414)
EPoX was the first mainboard producer in the industry to announce the user-friendly technology KBPO (Keyboard Power On) in 1997. Their mainboards were manufactured in Jong Ho City, Taipei, and Ning-Bo Science Based Industrial Park, China.
All branches (Taiwan, German, United States and Dutch) of EPoX closed in 2007.
EPoX's old employees started a new company in 2009 called SUPoX which is only active in China.
SUPoX supports all EPoX boards beginning from Slot 1 on their site.