Everex

{{Infobox company

| name = Everex Systems, Inc.

| logo = Everex logo.svg

| logo_size = 230px

| type = Subsidiary of NewMarket Technology, Inc.{{cite web|title=Company Overview of NewMarket Technology Inc.|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=414944|website=Bloomberg}}

| foundation = 1983

| location_city = Fremont, California

| location_country = U.S.

| key_people = {{unbulleted list|John Lin|{{small|(General Manager)}}|Paul C. Kim|{{small|(Director of Marketing)}}}}

| industry = Computer hardware
Diversified Electronics

| products = Multi-Processor Servers, Notebook, Desktop, and Ultra Mobile personal computers including the eXplora, IMPACT, StepNote, gPC and CloudBook branded product lines

| homepage = {{URL|www.everex.com}}

}}

Everex Systems, Inc., is a defunct American manufacturer of multi-processor servers, desktop and notebook personal computers. It was established in 1983 and headquartered in Fremont, California. The company was founded by Steve Hui, John Lee and Wayne Cheung.{{Cite web|date=2015-12-15|title=Everex|url=https://www.ithistory.org/db/companies/everex|access-date=2020-06-24|website=IT History Society|language=en}} In 1988, Everex was the leader in tape backup sales with half of the world market.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}} On January 5, 1993 the company filed for bankruptcy and was purchased by Formosa Plastics Group, hence becoming part of a multinational conglomerate alongside companies like First International Computer, the world's leading motherboard manufacturer.{{cite web|title=COMPANY NEWS; EVEREX SYSTEMS, A PC MAKER, FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/05/business/company-news-everex-systems-a-pc-maker-files-for-bankruptcy.html?mcubz=0|work=The New York Times|date=January 5, 1993}}{{cite web|title=Everex Systems, Inc. History|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/everex-systems-inc-history/|publisher=FundingUniverse}}{{cite web|title=First International Computer, Inc. History|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/everex-systems-inc-history/|publisher=FundingUniverse}} On December 29, 2006 Everex Systems, Inc filed a voluntary petition for liquidation under Chapter 7, and in June 2008 NewMarket Technology has taken control of Everex.{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=97993 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713051002/http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=97993 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 13, 2012 |title=Everex Systems, Inc.: Private Company Information - Businessweek |publisher=Investing.businessweek.com |date=2006-12-29 |accessdate=2013-01-08}}{{cite web|title=NewMarket Technology, Inc. to Acquire Everex, a Respected Brand Name in Personal Computing Reporting Approximately $60 Million in Revenue in 2007|url=http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/newmarket-technology-inc-acquire-everex-respected-brand-name-personal-computing-reporting-872035.htm|website=Marketwired|date=June 23, 2008}}

History

{{plain image with caption|File:Everex Systems logo.svg|Everex Systems logo used from the 1980s to the late 2000s}}

In 1983, Everex shipped its first hard drive, tape backup and graphics products. Seven years later, with an ever expanding product line, annual revenues totaled over $436 million and the workforce topped 2,200 employees. In 1985, Everex began shipping personal computers under private labels, such as the popular IBM-AT-compatible System 1800. Three years later the STEP computer line launched, introducing cutting edge 286 and 386-based computing to a mass audience. In addition to computer systems, high-performance file servers and a UNIX-based operating system (ESIX), the company produced tape drives, graphics boards, data and fax modems, network boards, memory enhancement and desktop publishing products, controllers for disk and tape drivers, and monitors.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}}

1983 - Everex founded in Fremont, California
1984 - First Everex hard disk drive shipped
1986 - 286-based STEP line of computers launched
1987 - Everex IPO under NASDAQ "EVRX"
1992 - Discussed a merger with Northgate Computer Systems but these talks failed.The New York Times [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE2D81F30F93AA35754C0A964958260 Company News]
1993 - Everex files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}} They sell their Esix brand to James River Group for $210,000 and their storage division to Exabyte for $5.5M.{{cite journal|title=Everex sells business units in effort to get back in black|journal = Computer World: The Newsletter for Information Technology Leaders|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3EjcqIcCYCAC&pg=PA85|date=8 February 1993|publisher=Computerworld|page=85|issn=0010-4841}}
1993 - Everex purchased by the Formosa Plastics Group
1998 - Everex launches FreeStyle, the world's first Windows CE PDA, but abandoned the line later in the yearCNET News [http://news.cnet.com/Everex-abandons-palm-sized-PC-line/2100-1040_3-233061.html Everex abandons palm-sized PC line]
2007 - Everex launches its first 17" widescreen Vista notebook {{cite web|url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834280007 |title=EVEREX XT5300T NoteBook AMD Mobile Athlon 64 X2 TK-53(1.70GHz) 17.0" Wide XGA+ 1GB Memory DDR2 667 120GB HDD 5400rpm DVD Super Multi NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS |publisher=Newegg.com |date= |accessdate=2013-01-08}}
2007 - Everex launches low-cost green PC Impact GC3502 running gOS{{cite web |url=http://www.electronista.com/articles/07/07/18/everex.gc3502/ |title=Everex intros $298 green PC with OpenOffice |accessdate=2007-08-08 |date=2007-07-18 |publisher=electronista |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820072711/http://www.electronista.com/articles/07/07/18/everex.gc3502/#comments |archive-date=2007-08-20 |url-status=dead }}
2007 - Everex announces plans for sub-$300 Linux notebooks{{cite web |url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/139196/everex_readies_sub300_linux_notebooks.html |title=Everex Readies Sub-$300 Linux Notebooks |accessdate=2007-11-08 |date=2007-11-02 |publisher=pcworld |archive-date=2009-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309093820/http://www.pcworld.com/article/139196/everex_readies_sub300_linux_notebooks.html |url-status=dead }}
2008 - Everex launches a series of low cost "green" systems, the CloudBook UMPC, the gBook notebook, and the gPC mini Mac mini-like desktop, all running the Ubuntu-based gOS Linux with the GNOME desktop environment.http://www.everexgreen.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080222214106/http://www.everexgreen.com/ |date=2008-02-22 }} Everex website for its new "green" systems.{{Request quotation|date=August 2017}} Everex is later acquired by systems integrator Newmarket Technology.PC World [https://www.pcworld.com/article/147637/cloudbook_maker_everex_snapped_up_by_newmarket.html Cloudbook Maker Everex Snapped up by Newmarket]
2009 - The US subsidiary of Everex closes its doors,{{cite web|url=http://www.slashgear.com/everex-us-folds-after-cloudbook-fails-to-find-favor-1549433/ |title=Everex US folds after Cloudbook fails to find favor |publisher=SlashGear |date=2009-07-15 |accessdate=2013-01-08}} while the Japanese and Taiwanese subsidiaries seem to remain unaffected.[http://www.fic.com.tw/everex/product.htm Everex Taiwan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912115005/http://www.fic.com.tw/everex/product.htm |date=2009-09-12 }}{{failed verification|reason=The source displays photos of three different computer and lists six different computer models, nothing more|date=August 2017}}

Green computers

In the mid-2000s, Everex began selling several brands of green computers.

=gBook=

The gBook is a webbook, a laptop with a 15.4" WXGA+ Widescreen Display (1440 x 900) and a 1.5 GHz VIA C7-M Processor. It comes loaded with gOS Linux.{{cite web |url=http://www.everex.com/products/gbook/gbook.htm |title=Everex - the Alternative PC |accessdate=2008-08-15 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913140554/http://www.everex.com/products/gbook/gbook.htm |archivedate=2008-09-13 }} gBook at Everex.com (link is broken)

=gPC=

Two major variants of the gPC exist: one based on gOS Linux; the other, an Impact brand of Windows Vista{{Citation needed|date=May 2008}} low-power machines. Both utilize a VIA C7 CPU. The gPC also ships with a softmodem that is not enabled for consumer use, but is provided "for developers." A successor, gPC2,[http://www.everex.com/products/gpc2/gpc2.htm Everex – The Alternative PC Company] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080401185739/http://www.everex.com/products/gpc2/gpc2.htm |date=2008-04-01 }} was available through Wal-Mart.[http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=8304655 Everex gPC2 TC2512 Desktop Computer w/ 1.5GHz VIA C7-D Processor ] A third, the gPC3, with a 2 GHz AMD Sempron processor, 1 GB RAM, and Ubuntu 8.04, was available through Newegg.

=gPC mini=

The gPC mini,[http://www.everex.com/products/gpc_mini/gpc_mini.htm Everex – The Alternative PC] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080229073328/http://www.everex.com/products/gpc_mini/gpc_mini.htm |date=2008-02-29 }}{{Cite web |url=http://desktoplinux.com/articles/AT7294579196.html |title=Review: Everex gPCmini with gOS Linux |access-date=2008-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102015209/http://desktoplinux.com/articles/AT7294579196.html |archive-date=2010-01-02 |url-status=dead}}[http://www.slashgear.com/everex-myminipc-with-gos-space-29-and-myspace-apps-they-have-truly-taken-the-budget-pc-to-a-whole-new-level-0711064.php Everex MyMiniPC with gOS Space 2.9 and MySpace apps - they have truly taken the budget PC to a whole new level] SlashGear[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/17/technology/personaltech/17computer.html Putting the Focus of Computing Where It Belongs: Online Socializing ] a small, light nettop computer, was announced in April 2008: it includes a DVD recorder, DVI video output, and MySpace-driven content on gOS Space. It was intended as a competitor to the Mac mini.

=Cloudbook=

The Cloudbook is an Ultra-Mobile PC, running a VIA C7 CPU with either gOS Linux or Windows Vista. There is also a Stepnote variant that uses a Pentium Dual-Core CPU, instead of a VIA C7.

=Photos=

Image:GPC case.jpg|Casing of a gPC from 2008.

Image:GPC inside.jpg|Interior of a gPC from 2008.

Image:Everex Cloudbook.jpg|CloudBook

References

External links

[http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Everex-Systems-Inc-Company-History.html Everex Company History]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20080411022106/http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9074720&taxonomyId=14&intsrc=kc_top ComputerWorld article on Microsoft reserving future XP installs to gPC and related machines]
[http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/04/07/everex..gos.myminipc/ Article on "gPC Mini" targeted for Myspace users]

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