MSI claims its throne as Top Graphics Card maker in 2002
MSI claimed the throne as World No.1 graphics card manufacturer with a total shipment of 11.5 million units in 2002, exceeding Asustek Computer by more than six million units. MSI also predicts over 20% growth in 2003 revenues and motherboard shipments. Compared to 4.6 million units shipments in 2001, MSI achieved 150% year-over-year (Y/Y) growth in product lines of graphics card. As the long-term NVIDIAŽ's strategic partner, MSI won world major OEM orders in 2002. MSI was honored by "Best Brand 2002", annual award in Motherboard and VGA segments from "China Computer News" and "Computer Fan" magazines both; also earned "Most Popular (Motherboard) Brand in the Market" at Popular Computer Week.
MSI extends its advantages from motherboard to graphics cards by wisely maneuvering its experienced engineers and capacity of production. Strategy formulation of MSI's diversification is taken by the management's forethoughtful vision. MSI won 4 awards at NVIDIAŽ Channel Partner Awards 2002: "Best Partner", "Best Product Portfolio", "Best Technical Support" and "Best Marketing and Sales Supports". It proves the superiority of MSI graphics card by the endorsement of NVIDIAŽ. In the beginning of 2003, MSI will launch GeForce FX, the Cinematic product first and consolidate partnership with NVIDIAŽ in the future.
Source: TechConnect