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In Win Development
InWin
Company typePublic (TWSE: 6117)
ISINTW0006117005[1]
IndustryComputer Hardware
Founded1985; 40 years ago (1985) in Taoyuan, Taiwan
FounderVincent Lai
ProductsComputer Cases, Power Supplies, Cooling, IPC, System Assembly Service
Revenue2,368 Million NT Dollars
Number of employees
785
Websitewww.in-win.com

Corporate history

InWin H-Tower E-ATX Chassis

In Win Development Inc. (Chinese: 迎廣科技股份有限公司), commonly known as In Win or InWin, was founded in 1985. This Taiwanese company specializes in computer hardware manufacturing, producing chassis, power supplies, storage devices, servers, cooling solutions, and gaming peripherals. Additionally, it offers OEM/ODM manufacturing services.

The company's headquarters are in Nankan, Taoyuan, with main production facilities in Taoyuan, Taiwan, and Suzhou, China. InWin also has operational bases in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, the United States, and China.

InWin's product R&D, design, and marketing capabilities are highly regarded by both domestic and international manufacturers. Since the establishment of its Retail Business Group in 2008, InWin has received numerous international design awards (such as iF and Red Dot) for its innovative product designs. Signature products like the D-Frame, S-Frame, tou, H-Tower, WINBOT, and the number series 904, 925, 805 Infinity, 303, along with the recent iBuildiShare DIY series, have helped establish a unique brand image among consumers.

Recently, InWin has ventured into enterprise AI server system assembly services, achieving Level 11 in system assembly. This includes comprehensive services from mechanism manufacturing, assembly, testing, and burning, to packaging and cabinet shipments, offering customers a wide range of diversified services.

Manufacturing facilities

The company has three factories in Taoyuan, including a brand new factory for IPC system assembly built in 2021.

Products

InWin was noted for its ornate case designs of some models from the mid-2000s onward;[2] for example, the company's GunDam case introduced in 2008 was inspired by the mecha franchise of the same name.[3] Many of InWin's cases incorporate motherboard trays to facilitate upgrades and servicing.[4] The company was also the first to incorporate USB-C ports on front panels for a barebones computer case.[5]

Some of InWin'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.[6] The company additionally sponsors PC modding competitions in the United States.[7] 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.[8]

InWin, as with several other computer case manufacturers, skipped over the proposed low-profile motherboard form factor NLX in the late 1990s, citing low demand.[9] 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.[10]

Reception

InWin's 901 mini-ITX case received generally positive reviews in Custom PC and Computer Shopper—the latter calling it "the rarest of things—a genuinely attractive PC case" but with "some annoyances",[11] while the former deemed it "more of a lifestyle chassis than a high-performance one".[12] Computer Shopper in particular praised the placement of its slimline optical drive slot underneath the power supply housing "so as not to spoil the case's smooth front" and wrote that the interior left plenty of room for large graphics cards but wrote that the matte plastic interior was vulnerable to scratching.[11] Custom PC meanwhile found the case thermally problematic for CPUs and GPUs with the stock fans but said that aftermarket fans resolved this and were easy to install. The magazine also praised its cable management implements and wrote that the clearance for the power supply and GPU was "massive", albeit not spacious enough for large GPUs should a 120 mm water cooler be installed to the front intake mount.[12]

Custom PC called the company's GT1 ATX case "rock-solid" in build quality but with "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.[13]

InWin'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.[14]

See also

Notes

Citations

  1. ^ https://www.twse.com.tw/pdf/en/6117_en.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ Burek 2007a, p. 99; Burek 2007b, p. 34; Burek 2008a, p. 87; Burek 2008c, p. 34.
  3. ^ Burek 2008b, p. 86.
  4. ^ Leather 2016a, p. 24; Staff writer 2016, p. 48; Leather 2016c, p. 32; Leather 2017, p. 23.
  5. ^ Jarrard 2018.
  6. ^ Einhorn 2016, p. 31; Chester 2015.
  7. ^ Einhorn 2016, p. 31.
  8. ^ Ung 2017.
  9. ^ Hersch 1998, p. 158.
  10. ^ Moltzen 2009.
  11. ^ a b Unsworth 2014, p. 59.
  12. ^ a b J. 2015a, p. 46.
  13. ^ J. 2015b, p. 53.
  14. ^ Leather 2016b, p. 27.

References

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  • 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.

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