In Win Development
NT$4 billion (2008; US$124 million) | |
Number of employees | 2,000 (2004) |
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Website | www |
In Win Development, Inc. (Chinese: 迎廣科技股份有限公司), formerly rendered as In-Win Development and commonly shortened to In Win or InWin, is a Taiwanese computer case and computer power supply manufacturer.[2] In Win was founded in 1985 and has since opened multiple factories and headquarters internationally.
Corporate history
In Win Development was founded by Vincent Lai in 1985 in
In Win has four international branch offices between the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and China.[5] Europe and North America represented In Win's biggest importers of computer cases, purchasing respectively 40 percent and 30 percent of their output in 2004; the rest of their output was purchased evenly between outside territories—chiefly Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Roughly 70 percent of the company's overall products were delivered to original equipment manufacturers and original design manufacturers, including Ingram Micro, Time Computer, Toshiba, NEC, and Intel.[6]
In Win grew from having 60 employees in its Taoyuan facility in 1990 to 2,000 total employees globally on its payroll by 2004.
By 2012 the company began primarily targeting the video-gaming demographic, as well as PC
Manufacturing facilities
The company relies on steel imported from Japan and Taiwan for use in its
Products
In Win was noted for its ornate case designs of some models from the mid-2000s onward;[12] for example, the company's GunDam case introduced in 2008 was inspired by the mecha franchise of the same name.[13] Many of In Win's cases incorporate motherboard trays to facilitate upgrades and servicing.[14] The company was also the first to incorporate USB-C ports on front panels for a barebones computer case.[15]
Some of In Win's more elaborate cases include the H-Frame 2.0, designed around nine stacked sheets of aluminum sandwiched between tempered glass—allowing air to pass completely through the case—and the H-Tower case, which has mechanisms to open up the case via a button or a smartphone app.[16] The company additionally sponsors PC modding competitions in the United States.[11] In 2017, the company released another limited-edition case—quantity 200—made of cast aluminum and 5 mm-thick tempered glass, designed large enough to run extensive water-cooled setups.[17]
In Win, as with several other computer case manufacturers, skipped over the proposed low-profile motherboard form factor NLX in the late 1990s, citing low demand.[8] They embraced the contemporaneous microATX specification, however, and in the late 2000s designed a modicum of microATX cases designed with optimal airflow and other thermal considerations for Intel's Atom CPU family.[18]
Reception
In Win's 901
Custom PC called the company's GT1 ATX case "rock-solid" in build quality but with some "some sloppy design decisions", particularly regarding the front panel's cabling and the dust filters being made from "flimsy material rather than slide-out plastic". The reviewer called the interior "sensibly laid-out" and well-accommodated for cable management but found the drive cages' inability to be removed completely preventing it a 240 mm cooling radiator from being installed at the top of the chassis, although one cage could be slid out of the way for installing taller graphics cards.[21]
In Win's Chopin line of small-form-factor mini-ITX cases were measured by Custom PC to be only slightly larger than the motherboard in surface area and requiring a custom power supply unit. The reviewer praised the build quality and quiet operation but noted that discrete GPUs were uninstallable due to its diminutive size.[22]
See also
Notes
- ^ To this end, some of In Win's cases lack built-in fans of any kind, with the expectation that the user will outfit it with powerful aftermarket fans or a water cooler (Staff writer 2017).
- ^ For some intricate plastic and metal molds, In Win still relied on outsourcing in 2004 (Global Sources 2004, p. 60).
Citations
- ^ https://www.twse.com.tw/pdf/en/6117_en.pdf
- ^ Burek 2008d, p. 104.
- ^ Global Sources 2004; Murphy 1990, p. 1071.
- ^ Computex 1989, p. 96IS-60; Murphy 1990, p. 1071.
- ^ a b c d Global Sources 2004, p. 60.
- ^ a b Global Sources 2004, p. 61.
- ^ Murphy 1990, p. 1071; Global Sources 2004, p. 60.
- ^ a b Hersch 1998, p. 158.
- ^ Darmiento 2003, p. 39.
- ^ Silver 2020.
- ^ a b Einhorn 2016, p. 31.
- ^ Burek 2007a, p. 99; Burek 2007b, p. 34; Burek 2008a, p. 87; Burek 2008c, p. 34.
- ^ Burek 2008b, p. 86.
- ^ Leather 2016a, p. 24; Staff writer 2016, p. 48; Leather 2016c, p. 32; Leather 2017, p. 23.
- ^ Jarrard 2018.
- ^ Einhorn 2016, p. 31; Chester 2015.
- ^ Ung 2017.
- ^ Moltzen 2009.
- ^ a b Unsworth 2014, p. 59.
- ^ a b J. 2015a, p. 46.
- ^ J. 2015b, p. 53.
- ^ Leather 2016b, p. 27.
References
- Burek, John A. (February 2007). "Maximum minitower". Computer Shopper. 27 (2). United States: SX2 Media Labs: 99 – via Gale.
- Burek, John A. (October 2007). "In Win Mt. Jade BK623: a compact—and quirky—entertainment-PC case". Computer Shopper. 27 (10). United States: SX2 Media Labs: 34 – via Gale.
- Burek, John A. (March 2008). "Zut Allure!". Computer Shopper. 28 (3). United States: SX2 Media Labs: 87 – via Gale.
- Burek, John A. (April 2008). "Robocase". Computer Shopper. 28 (4). United States: SX2 Media Labs: 86 – via Gale.
- Burek, John A. (May 2008). "In Win allure: a minitower PC case—with feminine flair". Computer Shopper. 28 (5). United States: SX2 Media Labs: 34 – via Gale.
- Burek, John A. (September 2008). "Supply-side economics". Computer Shopper. 28 (9). United States: SX2 Media Labs: 104 – via Gale.
- Chester, Edward (5 June 2015). "In Win H-Tower is a motorised marvel of a PC case". Trusted Reviews. Archived from the original on 23 June 2021.
- Computex (March 1989). "Who's Who in Taiwan's Information Industry". Byte. McGraw-Hill: 96IS-56–96IS-66 – via the Internet Archive.
- Darmiento, Laurence (20 January 2003). "Market Experiences Unfamiliar Slowdown as Growth Plans Stall". Los Angeles Business Journal. 25 (3): 39 – via Gale.
- Einhorn, Bruce (27 June 2016). "Taiwan's PC Makers Are Gunning for Gamers". Bloomberg Businessweek (4480). Bloomberg L.P.: 30–31. Archived from the original on 23 June 2016 – via ProQuest.
- Global Sources (2004). Market Intelligence Report: Computer Cases. Trade Media. ISBN 9789627853701– via Google Books.
- Hersch, Warren S. (25 May 1998). "VARs make case for chassis design". Computer Reseller News (790). CMP Media: 157–158. ISSN 0893-8377– via ProQuest.
- J., M. (January 2015). "In Win 901". Custom PC (136). Raspberry Pi Press: 46. EBSCOhost 110899754– via EBSCOhost.
- J., M. (February 2015). "In Win GT1". Custom PC (137). Raspberry Pi Press: 53. EBSCOhost 99814280– via EBSCOhost.
- Jarrard, Chris (1 March 2018). "Selecting the Best Case for Your Gaming PC". Shacknews. Archived from the original on 19 April 2018.
- Leather, Anthony (January 2016). "In Win 805". Custom PC (148). Raspberry Pi Press: 24–25. EBSCOhost 110899754– via EBSCOhost.
- Leather, Anthony (April 2016). "In Win Chopin". Custom PC (151). Raspberry Pi Press: 26–27. EBSCOhost 112858100– via EBSCOhost.
- Leather, Anthony (August 2016). "In Win 303". Custom PC (155). Raspberry Pi Press: 32–33. EBSCOhost 116064509– via EBSCOhost.
- Leather, Anthony (January 2017). "In Win 509". Custom PC (160). Raspberry Pi Press: 22–23. EBSCOhost 119277414– via EBSCOhost.
- Moltzen, Edward F. (1 September 2009). "Three Vendors to Know". CRN. United Business Media. ISSN 1539-7343– via ProQuest.
- Murphy, Jennifer L. (1990). Major Companies of the Far East and Australasia. Vol. 2. Graham & Trotman. ISBN 9781860992612– via Google Books.
- Silver, Andrew (30 March 2020). "How coronavirus is affecting the Taiwanese tech industry". ZDNet. Ziff-Davis. Archived from the original on 31 March 2020.
- Staff writer (July 2016). "In Win 503". Custom PC (154). Raspberry Pi Press: 48. EBSCOhost 115257080– via EBSCOhost.
- Staff writer (October 2017). "In Win 509 ROG Certified". Custom PC (169). Raspberry Pi Press: 42. EBSCOhost 124502898– via EBSCOhost.
- Ung, Gordon (7 January 2017). "How In Win wowed us with the cool cases it showed at CES". PCWorld. IDG Communications. EBSCOhost 120898915– via EBSCOhost.
- Unsworth, Andrew (August 2014). "In Win 901". Computer Shopper (318). United Kingdom: Dennis Publishing: 59. EBSCOhost 96453476– via EBSCOhost.
Further reading
- Nelson, Fritz (30 May 2017). "In-Win Goes Where No Case Has Gone Before... Again". Tom's Hardware. Future US.
- Williams, Martyn (30 May 2017). "InWin's Winbot is a robotic interactive PC case". PCWorld. IDG Communications. EBSCOhost 123326042– via EBSCOhost.