ELSA Technology

{{Short description|German computer hardware company}}

{{Infobox company

|name = ELSA

|logo = File:ELSA Technology logo.svg

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|foundation = {{start date and age|1980}} (originally)
2002 (ELSA Technology Inc.)
1997 (ELSA Japan Inc.)

|location = Aachen, Germany (originally)
Taipei, Taiwan (ELSA Technology Inc.)
Tokyo, Japan (ELSA Japan Inc.)

|key_people =

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|industry = Computer

|products = Graphics cards

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|homepage = {{URL|www.elsa-jp.co.jp}}

}}

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File:Elsa Gloria XXL.jpg

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{{cite web|url=http://www.pcgameshardware.de/aid,705559/Elsa-Insolvenz-Quake-Live-startet-PCGH-Retro-25-Februar/Retro/Wissen/|title=Elsa-Insolvenz, Quake Live startet (PCGH Retro 25. Februar)|publisher=PC Games Hardware|language=German|accessdate=19 August 2010}} while its Taiwanese subsidiary was founded in 2003 as ELSA Technology Inc.{{cite web|url=http://www.golem.de/0404/30634.html|title=Wie Taiwanesen ELSA wieder auferstehen lassen |last=Klaß|first=Christian|date=1 April 2004|publisher=Golem.de|language=German|accessdate=19 August 2010}} Other companies founded when the original ELSA Technology went into bankruptcy were devolo{{cite web|url=http://winfuture.de/news,24782.html|title=ELSA will Produktion von Grafikkarten zurückfahren|date=4 April 2006|publisher=WinFuture|language=German|accessdate=19 August 2010}} and LANCOM Systems. 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.elsa-jp.co.jp/single/| title=会社概要 (Company Profile) |language=Japanese |publisher= 株式会社 エルザ ジャパン (Elsa Japan Inc.)|accessdate=21 September 2016}}