[1] In 1999, it formed an American joint venture with TriGem of Korea and Sotec of Japan, named eMachines, which at its peak in 1999 was the fourth-largest manufacturer of computer systems in the United States.

[4] In June that year, the company signed a deal with its first brick-and-mortal retail partner, CompUSA, to sell its monitors across the United States.

[12] Despite its initial success, eMachines faultered in the early 2000s amid quality control concerns and a botched IPO on the Nasdaq.

[15][16] In November 1999, KDS USA acquired Mag Portable Technologies, a $10-million marketer of laptops based in Santa Ana, California, for an undisclosed sum.

[18] Korea Data Systems filed for court receivership in Seoul in December 2001, after a failure to collect overseas bonds led the company to financial duress.

[19] KDS under ownership of Konia discontinued production of CRT monitors by the mid-2000s, shifting to liquid-crystal displays (LCD), for which they contracted Proview of Hong Kong for manufacturing.