. this article has multiple issues . please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . october 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message the factual accuracy of parts of this article those related to article may be compromised due to out of date information . please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . october 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message dfi diamond flower inc. type public tsec 2397 industry computer hardware electronics founded 1981 headquarters new taipei city taiwan area served worldwide key people yc lu ceo and chairman lu yen chi managing director oskar wu vp of technology franz wei general manager products automated teller machines high speed weigh in motion systems industrial pcs motherboards slot machines smart grids revenue nt 2.311 billion 73.1 million 2013 1 operating income nt 258.2 million 8.2 million 2013 1 net income nt 253.3 million 8.0 million 2013 1 number of employees 780 website www.dfi.com.tw www.dfi itox.com dfi or diamond flower inc. is a motherboard manufacturer based in taiwan designing and manufacturing of computer hardware products such as motherboards smart grids slot machines automated teller machines high speed weigh in motion systems and industrial pcs . 2 contents 1 corporate information 1.1 history 1.2 name 1.3 location 2 popular products 3 dfi acp 4 see also 5 references 6 external links corporate information edit history edit dfi was first established in 1981 by y.c lu . at that time dfi began as a graphics card maker with a turnover of 100 cards . citation needed in 1992 dfi abandoned its graphics card production and switched to the production of motherboards as the graphics card market was too limited at the time and did not have potential to grow . citation needed after 5 years dfi quickly gained a reputation in the asia pacific region . it peaked as high as one of the top 15 motherboard manufacturers at that time . citation needed in 1998 dfi became the sole design partner for the intel 810 series chipset which gained more attention . in 2003 dfi internally reorganised its line into 3 distinct groups . one was the standard oem line another is the infinity budget range and the last as the lanparty range . 3 4 the head of the lanparty range was oskar wu who joined dfi after he resigned from abit after the nforce series . 5 currently as of 2006 dfi had left being one of the most competitive manufacture as it used to be in 90 s as of 2009 dfi told its lanparty team there would be no more lanparty products . 6 they now specialized in some industrial computing and legacy parts for old computers . citation needed name edit recently there has been confusion over what dfi means however design for innovation appears to simply be a slogan a situation with close parallels to lucky goldstar with their slogan of life s good and micro star international s slogan of my style inside . actually dfi stands for diamond flower international . diamond flower being the name of david and yc lu s mother translated from mandarin . location edit dfi is located in hsi chih city taiwan with regional offices in the united states europe china and japan . popular products edit dfi caters to the enthusiast market with motherboards with advanced overclocking features and a design with ultraviolet reactive connectors on a black pcb . there are two versions of the lanparty line with the ut similar to the full lanparty gear except for the omission of the pc transpo bag uv sleeving kit frontx panel and less uv reactant cables . dfi introduced their junior lineup in the mid summer of 2008 with two products p45 and 790gx but have somewhat been extended with a nvidia chipset and x58 chipset in late 2008 . the junior lineup jr is micro atx and they usually support crossfire or sli setups with dual slot videocards . this series has proven to be a valuable segment in the future for small powerful computers . however they don t contain the same power circuitry vrm pwm and bios options as their full sized atx counterparts . there are other lanparty series like lt and dk dark . lanparty ut is still the most high end line of products and few chipsets are reserved under the name . the different variants include some of these popular products in the lanparty series socket am3 dfi lp jr 790gx m3h5 dfi lp dk 790fxb m3h5 dfi lp bi 785g m35 socket am2 am2 dfi lp jr 790gx m2rs dfi lp dk 790gx m2rs dfi lp dk 790fxb m2rsh dfi lp dk 790fxb m2rs dfi lp dk 790fx m2rs dfi lp ut 790fx m2r socket am2 lanparty ut nforce 590 sli m2r g socket 939 lanparty ut crossfire cfx3200 dr lanparty ut crossfire rdx200 cf dr lanparty ut nforce 4 sli dr venus lanparty ut nforce 4 sli dr expert lanparty nforce 4 sli dr ut version also available lanparty ut nforce 4 sli d lanparty ut nforce 4 ultra d lanparty ut nforce 3 ultra d socket 754 lanparty ut nforce 3 250 gb socket a 462 lanparty nfii ultra lanparty nfii ultra b lanparty kt400a socket t lga775 lanparty ut x48 t3rs lanparty ut x48 t3r lanparty ut x48 t2r lanparty lt x48 t2r lanparty jr gf9400 t2rs lanparty jr p45 t2rs lanparty dk p45 t3rsb lanparty dk p45 t2rs lanparty lt x38 t2r lanparty ut p35 t2r lanparty lt p35 t2r lanparty dk p35 t2rs blood iron p35 t2s lanparty ut crossfire icfx3200 t2r g lanparty ut intel 915p t12 lanparty intel 925x t2 lanparty intel 875p t socket lga1366 dfi lp ut x58 t3eh8 dfi lp jr x58 t3h6 dfi lp dk x58 t3eh6 socket lga1156 dfi lp dark p55 t3eh6 dfi also has another line primarily aimed at budget overclockers . this line is the infinity bloodiron which started with the nforce 2 . the bloodiron is just the infinity series renamed . amd lineup nforce 4 dagf nforce 4 ultra infinity nforce 4x infinity nforce 4 sli infinity rs482 infinity nforce 2 infinity cfx3200 m2 g infinity intel lineup intel 975x g infinity intel p965 express dfi is also manufacturing various motherboards for mainstream users . this product line is the general line . for those wanting to build silent computers there is a product line called silent pc . dfi acp edit dfi is also manufacturing motherboards for various industrial purposes . dfi acp is a wintel based platform provider for non pc business products range from board level open frame add on boards to barebone systems . 7 see also edit taiwan portal companies portal list of companies of taiwan asrock asus biostar elitegroup computer systems ecs evga corporation gigabyte technology micro star international msi references edit a b c financial statements for dfi inc 2397 . bloomberg business . retrieved 6 march 2015 . company profile . dfi . retrieved 7 march 2015 . dfi motherboard roadmap . dailytech . 29 may 2006 . retrieved 7 march 2015 . dfi pro 875 introducing the lan party series . anandtech . 10 june 2003 . retrieved 7 march 2015 . the 0scar wu bios revisited . mad shrimps . 16 november 2008 . retrieved 7 march 2015 . the lan party is over for dfi . bit tech . 3 june 2010 . retrieved 27 february 2015 . dfi goes industrial with growing acp sales . digitimes . 28 april 2005 . retrieved 7 march 2015 . external links edit dfi website dfi itox website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dfi & oldid 654372019 categories companies established in 1981computer hardware companiesmotherboard companieselectronics companies of taiwancompanies of taiwantaiwanese brandscompanies based in new taipei1981 establishments in taiwanhidden categories articles with a promotional tone from october 2011all articles with a promotional tonearticles with obsolete information from october 2011all wikipedia articles in need of updatingall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced 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