1. Supply chain
1.1. Companies in: - North-America; - Europe; - Asia.
2. Factories
2.1. - Limerick, Ireland; - Xiamen, China; - Eldorado do Sul, Brazil; - Nashville, Tennesee; - Austin, Texas; - Penang, Malaysia.
3. Suppliers
3.1. The Intel microprocessor
3.1.1. Intel Factory: - The Philippines; - Costa Rica; - Malaysia; - China.
3.2. Memory
3.2.1. - Korea (Samsung); - Taiwan (Nanya); - Germany (Infineon); - Japan (Elpida).
3.3. Graphics card
3.3.1. - China ( MSI, Taiwanese-owned); - China ( Foxconn, Chinese-run factory).
3.4. Cooling fan
3.4.1. -Taiwan (CCI or Auras)
3.5. Motherboard
3.5.1. - Shanghai (Samsung, Korean-owned); - Shanghai (Quanta, Taiwanese-owned); - Taiwan (Compal or Wistron).
3.6. Keyboard
3.6.1. - Tianjin, China (Alps, Japanese-owned); - Shenzen, China (Sunrex, Taiwanese-owned); - Suzhou, China (Darfon, Taiwanese-owned).
3.7. LCD Display
3.7.1. - South Korea (Samsung or LG.Philips LCD); - Japan (Toshiba or Sharp); - Taiwan (Chi Mei Optoelectronics, Hannstar Display, or AU Optronics).
3.8. Wireless card
3.8.1. - China (Agere, American-owned); - Malaysia (Arrow); - Taiwan (Askey or Gemtek); - China (USI).
3.9. Modem
3.9.1. - China (Asustek or Liteon, Taiwanese-owned); - China (Foxconn, Chinese-owned).
3.10. Battery
3.10.1. - Malaysia (Motorola, American-owned); - China (Sanyo, Japanese-owned); - China, Malaysia (SDI, Simplo).
3.11. Hard Disk Drive
3.11.1. - Singapore (Seagate); - Thailand (Hitachi or Fujitsu); - Philippines (Toshiba);
3.12. CD/DVD Drive
3.12.1. - Indonesia and The Philippines (Samsung); - China or Malaysia (NEC); - Malaysia (Teac); - China (Sony).
3.13. Notebook bag
3.13.1. - China (Tenba, Irish-owned); - China (Targus, Samsonite, or Pacific Design, American-owned).
3.14. Power adapter
3.14.1. - Thailand (Delta); - China (Liteon, Samsung, or Mobility).
3.15. Power cord
3.15.1. - China, Malaysia, and India (Volex);
3.16. Removable memory stick
3.16.1. - Israel (M-System, Israeli-owned); - Malaysia (Smart Modular, American-owned).