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FIC puts Bluetooth into Pocket PC

Taiwan's First International Computer (FIC) will launch a handheld computer combining Microsoft's Pocket... Read more

15 March, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

FIC ships 440LX AGP board

On the day Intel formally released its 440LX, First International Computer (FIC) claimed to be the first to ship a motherboard... Read more

26 August, 1997 by Martin Veitch
When open phones meet closed minds

When open phones meet closed minds

Opening up mobile networks and devices should go hand in hand with an overhaul of mobile security thinking Read more

25 September, 2007 by Tim Mather

Mini motherboards find niche

...AsusTek, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), Micro-Star International (MSI), Giga-Byte and First International Computer (FIC). Shuttle, a 500-person company based in Taipei, builds... Read more

26 September, 2003 by Stephen Shankland

Microsoft offers extra-strength tablets

...and 1,201 and 1,601 euros in Germany. AboCom Systems, BenQ, First International Computer, Fujitsu, Intel, LG Electronics, National Semiconductor, Philips Consumer Electronics, Tatung... Read more

13 March, 2003 by Joe Wilcox

3GHz Pentium 4 may mean pricier PCs

...of the biggest PC motherboard makers, including Acer Laboratories (ALI), Asus, Chaintech, First International Computer (FIC) and Gigabyte. Most companies have already finished their new... Read more

22 August, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

Windows XP won't be at home on Mira

...and Trigem; and Taiwanese companies such as AboCom Systems, Tatung, Winstron and First International Computer. Although it contains software and a processor, Mira doesn't... Read more

5 June, 2002 by Mandy Chong

Webpad maker switches to Windows

Taiwan's First International Computer (FIC), which makes own-brand computer components as well as... Read more

6 November, 2001 by Matthew Broersma

Intel threatens new round of chipset lawsuits

...Intel sued Via in the United States, England and Singapore, also naming First International Computer and Everex, two companies owned by the same conglomerate, alleging... Read more

10 August, 2001 by Matthew Broersma

Your next laptop: Made in China?

Notebook makers are relocating in order to cut costs, which should mean cheaper products for customers Read more

29 December, 2000 by Jack Kuo and Michael Kanellos

PC Expo: Net apps and wireless

...PC. S3 has also committed to making a Transmeta-based Internet appliance. First International Computer, a Taiwan-based computer-maker, will be demonstrating an Internet... Read more

27 June, 2000 by John Morris

The Day Ahead: Gateway: Transmeta customer now, rich shareholder later

...s a prediction: Transmeta will also form alliances with Compal Electronics, Compaq, First International Computer, Phoenix Technologies, Quanta Computer, Samsung and Sony. Those big guns... Read more

31 May, 2000 by Larry Dignan

AOL, Compaq, Sony invest in Transmeta

...72m (about £43m) of capital, are America Online, Compal Electronics, Compaq Computer, First International Computer, Gateway, Phoenix Technologies, Samsung, Sony and Quanta Computer. Existing Transmeta... Read more

25 April, 2000 by Matthew Broersma

Be launches mobile operating system

...the new platform and include Compaq, National Semiconductor, and Taiwanese motherboard manufacturer First International Computer, which is due to launch a range of Internet appliances... Read more

8 February, 2000 by Justin Pearse

Rambus-powered PCs in the works

PC makers are gearing up to introduce new desktops based on Intel's 820 chip set Read more

2 November, 1999 by John G.Spooner

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