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'{{Infobox company | name = Inspur Group Co., Ltd. | logo = [[File:Inspur logo.jpg|170px]] | foundation = {{start date and age|2000}} | location = Jinan, Shandong, China | key_people = | industry = Information technology | products = Computer hardware | revenue = 36.68 billion Yuan (2011)<ref name=prof/> | operating_income = | net_income = | subsid = | homepage = {{URL |www.inspur.com}} }} '''Inspur''', formerly {{nihongo|Langchao|浪潮|tides}}, is a Chinese multinational information technology company headquartered in Jinan, Shandong, China. The company's most important product is server hardware, but it also acts as a software developer and an outsourcing recipient for both the United States of America and Japan.{{citation needed|date=March 2016}} Inspur Group has three publicly listed subsidiaries: Inspur Information, Inspur Software and Inspur International.<ref name=prof>{{cite web|url=http://en.inspur.com/About/Channel_Home/About_Jtjs.shtml|title=Inspur Group Profile Profile|accessdate=29 August 2012|publisher=Inspur Group}}</ref> ==History== As recently as 2000, Inspur was a local company based in Shandong, with its business activities spanning North China. The company later moved its marketing center to Beijing, the IT industry hub of China, and expanded its operations to the national level. In 2005 it was reported that [[Microsoft]] had invested 20 million US$ in the company.<ref>{{Cite news |title= Microsoft Invests Even More in China |date= 27 September 2005 |work= SCI-Tech China Daily |url= http://www.china.org.cn/english/scitech/143590.htm |accessdate= 16 January 2014 }}</ref> On 18 April 2006, the company switched its name from "Langchao" to "Inspur" in hopes it would increase its sales from overseas markets by as much as thirty percent by 2010. Inspur announced several agreements with virtualization software developer [[VMware]] on research and development of [[cloud computing]] technologies and related products.<ref>{{Cite news |title= Vmware joins with China's Inspur |date= 23 May 2012 |author= Tuo Yannan |work= China Daily |url= http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-05/23/content_15371083.htm |accessdate= 16 January 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title= VMware and Inspur Announce OEM Agreement to Further Accelerate Adoption of Virtualization in China |date= 25 June 2008 |work= Press release |publisher= VMware |url= http://www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/inspur_oem.html |accessdate= 16 January 2014 }}</ref> In August 2009, Inspur acquired the Xi'an-based research and development facilities of Qimonda AG for 30 million Chinese yuan (around US$4 million).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4196053/Inspur-completes-takeover-of-Qimonda-s-Chinese-research-center|title=Inspur completes takeover of Qimonda's Chinese research center|accessdate=29 August 2012|publisher=EE Times| date=19 August 2009}}</ref><ref name=alib23809>{{cite news|url=http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/business-in-china/100160461-1-inspur-group-struggles-compete-foreign.html|title=Inspur Group struggles to compete with foreign technology powerhouses |accessdate=29 August 2012|publisher=Alibaba| date=23 August 2009 }}</ref> The centre had been responsible for design and development of Qimonda's DRAM products.<ref name=alib23809/> In November 2011, Shandong Inspur Software Co., Ltd., Inspur Electronic Information Co., Ltd. and Inspur (Shandong) Electronic Information Company, established a cloud computing joint venture, with each holding a 33.3% stake.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/600756.SS/key-developments/article/2440685|title=Shandong Inspur Software Co., Ltd. to Set up JV|accessdate=29 August 2012|publisher=Reuters| date=25 November 2011}}</ref> Inspur participated in the production of printed circuit boards and the installation and testing of the Chinese [[Tianhe-2]] Supercomputer, revealed in June 2013 as the most powerful supercomputer in the world. Arriving several years ahead of schedule, and with 32,000 Xeon processors alongside 48,000 Xeon Phi accelerator processors, the Tianhe-2 supercomputer can manage a quadrillion mathematical calculations per second (33.85 petaflops), double that of the previous leader and closer rival, the Titan supercomputer located at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA.<ref>http://www.netlib.org/utk/people/JackDongarra/PAPERS/tianhe-2-dongarra-report.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.top500.org/lists/2013/06/</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title= China’s Tianhe-2 Takes Top500 Supercomputing Crown |work= Tech Week Europe |date= 17 June 2013 |author= Peter Judge |url= http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/tianhe-2-china-supercomputing-top500-intel-119258 |accessdate= 16 January 2014 }}</ref> In July 2014, it was reported that due to security concerns, several Chinese industries would consider using Inspur's Tiansuo K1 as their preferred model of server.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tech.com.pk/2014/07/china-starts-replacing-ibm-servers.html|title=China Starts Replacing IBM Servers With Local Brand over Cyber Threats|accessdate=6 July 2014|publisher=tech.com.pk| date=6 July 2014}}</ref> ==See also== * [[Canaima (operating system)]] * [[China Software Industry Association]] * [[GendBuntu]] * [[LiMux]] * [[Nova (operating system)]] * [[Software industry in China]] * [[Ubuntu Kylin]] * [[VIT, C.A.]] ==References== {{Reflist|2}} == External links == * {{Official website|http://www.inspur.com}} * [http://fec2.mofcom.gov.cn/aarticle/theoryresearch/200708/20070804986658.html Domestic servers striving to lead info market] 2007-08-06 {{IT consulting and outsourcing companies of China}} [[Category:Companies listed on the CSI 300]] [[Category:Computer hardware companies]] [[Category:Software companies of China]] [[Category:Government-owned companies of China]] [[Category:Companies based in Jinan]] [[Category:Companies established in 2000]] [[Category:Chinese brands]] [[Category:Companies with year of establishment missing]] [[Category:Multinational companies headquartered in China]]'