It is the fifth largest[citation needed] PC motherboard manufacturer in the world (after Asus, Gigabyte Technology, ASRock, and MSI), with production reaching 24 million units in 2002.

ECS computers used to be sold by Fry's Electronics under the "Great Quality" ("GQ") brand.

production facilities in Asia and North America: Many of these motherboards have been produced for OEM customers and are used in systems assembled and sold by such brand-name companies as Lenovo, HP and Zoostorm.

[citation needed] Founded in 1987, ECS is headquartered in Taiwan with operations in North America, Europe and the Pacific Rim.

[1] In June 2003, ECS was selected for two years in a row for Business Week magazine's exclusive Information Technology 100 list.