Elsa Technology is a computer hardware company. It was founded in 1980 as ELSA Technology AG, a German company manufacturing video cards and other peripherals for Personal Computers. In 2002, the German company filed for bankruptcy[1] while its Taiwanese subsidiary was founded in 2003 as ELSA Technology Inc.[2] Other companies founded when the original ELSA Technology went into bankruptcy were devolo[3] and LANCOM Systems.[1] The ELSA name also continues under the ELSA Japan Inc., which had been founded as a joint venture in 1997, and runs independently since 2002.[4]

ELSA
IndustryComputer
Founded1980; 44 years ago (1980) (originally)
2002 (ELSA Technology Inc.)
1997 (ELSA Japan Inc.)
HeadquartersAachen, Germany (originally)
Taipei, Taiwan (ELSA Technology Inc.)
Tokyo, Japan (ELSA Japan Inc.)
ProductsGraphics cards
Websitewww.elsa-jp.co.jp
ELSA Microlink modem
ELSA Gloria XXL AGP video card

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  1. ^ a b "Elsa-Insolvenz, Quake Live startet (PCGH Retro 25. Februar)" (in German). PC Games Hardware. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
  2. ^ Klaß, Christian (1 April 2004). "Wie Taiwanesen ELSA wieder auferstehen lassen" (in German). Golem.de. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
  3. ^ "ELSA will Produktion von Grafikkarten zurückfahren" (in German). WinFuture. 4 April 2006. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
  4. ^ "会社概要 (Company Profile)" (in Japanese). 株式会社 エルザ ジャパン (Elsa Japan Inc.). Retrieved 21 September 2016.
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