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Sunrex Technology Corporation 
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Country: Taiwan Industry: Keyboards, Mice, Notebook Computers (former) Founded: March 1990 (as SunRace Technology Corporation) Headquarters: A.No.475, Sec. 4, Changping Rd., Daya Dist., Taichung City 428, Taiwan (R.O.C.) Website: sunrex.com.tw |
Welcome to the Sunrex Homepage on MacDat!
Sunrex is a Taiwanese computer peripheral manufacturer who today specializes in laptop keyboards. During the 1990s, they operated an entire laptop manufacturing division. Sunrex sold their laptops directly under three different brand names - SunRace (their old company name), InnovACE, and HyperData (both sub-brands). Sunrex also acted as an Original Design Manufacturer (ODM), selling their laptops to different companies who sold them under their own names. Sunrex is probably most infamous for making the laptops with number pads on the palmrest.
After they wound down laptop production in the mid-late 90s, they continued to operate the HyperData brand in the US as a reseller of other ODM laptops until 2006.
Company History
Most info sourced from here.
Sunrex was founded in Taiwan by 9 people in March 1990 as SunRace Technology Corporation. They began selling their first product, the Hyperbook 1000 handheld PC in October of the same year. In 1991, SunRace was purchased by Jing Mold Enterprises Co., LTD., a manufacturer a plastic mods. It was at this point that the company was renamed to Sunrex Technology Corporation, although they continued to use the SunRace name on products for a few years afterward.
Also in 1991, Sunrex established HyperData Technology Corp in Los Angeles in order to handle US distribution of their products.
At the end of 1993, the InnovACE brand name was also introduced. Sunrex says this was done in order "to differentiate a variety of product lines and to penetrate its target market". In the years since, this has instead seemingly just introduced further confusion into who actually made laptops that were seen branded under three different names.
By 1994, Sunrex had around 400 employees and they had entered markets all around the world. I believe this is also around the time that they began to sell their laptops to 3rd party distributors to rebrand and sell. I believe 1995 was around the time where they had begun to phase out the SunRace and InnovACE brands in favor of HyperData (although they still use InnovACE to this day for other products). Also in 1995, Sunrex themselves began distributing laptops made by other companies under the HyperData name, starting with laptops made by GVC's Alpha-Top divison. These were sold alongside Sunrex's own laptops up until their last laptop, the Hyperbook 735 in 1997. After this, Sunrex left the laptop manufacturing business and focused on their keyboard division instead. They continued to operate their HyperData brand well into the 2000s, lasting through the early Core 2 Duo era. During this time, they sold laptops manufactured by Chicony, Alpha-Top, MiTAC, Dual, Compal, and others.
Sunrex's Websites: www.sunrex.com.tw, www.hyperdatadirect.com
View on the WayBack Machine.
Models manufactured by Sunrex's laptop division
Sunrex HyperBook 1000 Released: October 1990 |
Sunrex HyperBook 2000 Released: March 1991 |
Sunrex HyperBook 2200 SX Released: August 1991 |
Sunrex HyperBook 2300 Series Released: March 1992 |
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Sunrex HyperBook 3000 Series Released: November 1992 |
Sunrex HyperBook 300 Series Released: August 1993 |
Sunrex HyperBook 500 Series Released: June 1994 |
Sunrex HyperBook 600 Series Released: August 1994 |
Sunrex HyperBook 370 Released: October 1994 |
Sunrex HyperBook 300Plus Released: ~October 1995 |
Sunrex HyperBook 600Plus Released: 1995 |
Sunrex HyperBook 770 Released: ~January 1996 |
Sunrex HyperBook 750 Released: ~May 1996 |
Sunrex HyperBook 750Plus Released: 1997 |
Sunrex HyperBook 735 Released: July 11, 1997 |
Sunrex HyperBook 835 Released: 1998 |
Sunrex HyperBook 850T Released: 1998 |
Sunrex HyperBook 850PII Released: 1998 |
Sunrex HyperBook 850AGP Released: 1999? |
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HyperBook 300 photo is from Clous, used with permission.
HyperData laptops sourced from other ODMs
The following were all ODM/generic laptops manufactured by other companies that HyperData resold. Models here where I know the ODM will link to pages on the generic version in order to avoid redundancy.
These are in order of model name for the time being because I don't know the release dates of all of them.
HyperData GREEN740 ODM Model: Alpha-Top GREEN740 1995 |
HyperData MediaGo 600 Pro ODM Model: Alpha-Top GREEN751 1995 |
HyperData MediaGo 750 ODM Model: Alpha-Top GREEN753 1996 |
HyperData GREEN755 ODM Model: Alpha-Top GREEN755 1996 |
HyperData MediaGo 780/790 (KE77T) ODM Model: Mitac 5033 1998 |
HyperData MediaGo 780/790 (KE77M) ODM Model: Mitac 6133M 1999 |
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HyperData MediaGo 780/790 (KE77C) ODM Model: Mitac 6133 1999 |
HyperData MediaGo 785 (LR 73) ODM Model: Chicony MP983 1998 |
HyperData MediaGo 796 (KE77N) ODM Model: Mitac 6133 1999 |
HyperData MediaGo 800 (JC77) ODM Model: Alpha-Top GREEN753+ 1997 |
HyperData MediaGo 850 (LP78) ODM Model: Chicony MP975A Likely 1997 |
HyperData MediaGo 870 (KE77N) ODM Model: Alpha-Top GREEN735 1998 |
HyperData MediaGo 900 (KV69) ODM Model: MiTAC 5027 1997 |
HyperData MediaGo 920 (LS59) ODM Model: Chicony MP978 1997 |
HyperData MediaGo 930 (DL79) ODM Model: Dual ERA-1000 1998 |
HyperData MediaGo 935 (LH79) ODM Model: Chicony MP993 1999 |
HyperData MediaGo 940 (KF79C) ODM Model: MiTAC 6120 1999 |
HyperData MediaGo 950 (JF79) ODM Model: Alpha-Top GREEN759 1998 |
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HyperData MediaGo 950 AGP (JK79) ODM Model: Alpha-Top GREEN770 1999 |
HyperData MediaGo 960 (LG70) ODM Model: Chicony MP989 1999 |
HyperData MediaGo 980 (CP70) ODM Model: Compal TS30I 1998? |
HyperData MediaGo 2000 (JM79) ODM Model: Alpha-Top GREEN795 1999? |
HyperData MediaGo 2010/2020 (EN74) ODM Model: "HB900" (unknown) ? |
HyperData MediaGo 2100 (KF79N) ODM Model: MiTAC 6120 1999 |
HyperData MediaGo 2200 (KF79P) ODM Model: MiTAC 6020 1999 |
HyperData MediaGo 2210 (KF59) ODM Model: MiTAC 7020 2000? |
HyperData MediaGo 2300 (CQ70) ODM Model: Compal N30W 2000 |
HyperData Ultra Slim 2000 (TH77) ODM Model: Twinhead P90 ? |
HyperData Ultra Slim 2200 (CR68U) ODM Model: Compal N20U ? |
HyperData MediaGo 798 (UF 37) ODM Model: Uniwill 340S2 2001? |
HyperData UltraSlim 2100 (KM67) ODM Model: MiTAC M722 2001 |
HyperData MediaGo 2310 (CQ60/62) ODM Model: Compal N38W2 2001 |
HyperData MediaGo 2500 (NC60S) ODM Model: Naturetech 900X 2001 |
HyperData MediaGo 2600 (JP98) ODM Model: Alpha-Top GREEN799 2001 |
HyperData Warrior 2000 (RU57) ODM Model: Unknown 2001 |
HyperData MediaGo 2700/2710/2720 (KH69) ODM Model: MiTAC 7521 2001 |
HyperData MediaGo 1200 ODM Model: Uniwill N340S8 2001 |
HyperData MediaGo 2320 ODM Model: Compal N38W3 2001 |
HyperData Warrior 2100 ODM Model: Unknown 2001 |
HyperData Warrior 2200 ODM Model: Unknown 2001 |
HyperData MediaGo 2800 ODM Model: Compal N30N3 2001 |
HyperData MediaGo 2730 ODM Model: MiTAC MiNote 7521 2001 |
HyperData MediaGo 2510 ODM Model: Naturetech 900F 2001 |
HyperData MediaGo 2750 ODM Model: MiTAC 7521T 2001 |
HyperData MediaGo 1300 ODM Model: ECS DeskNote A900 2001 |
HyperData MediaGo 3000/CL002 ODM Model: Compal ACL00 2002 |
HyperData Model 8100 ODM Model: MiTAC 8170/8175 2002 |
HyperData UltraSlim 2300 ODM Model: Twinhead N222S 2002 |
HyperData Model 1000 ODM Model: Compal CL10 2002 |
HyperData Model 100D ODM Model: Compal CR10 2002 |
HyperData Model 3410 ODM Model: Uniwill N341C2 2002 |
HyperData Model 3560 ODM Model: Uniwill N356S1 2002 |
HyperData Model 7300 ODM Model: MiTAC 7321 2002 |
HyperData Model 8500 ODM Model: MiTAC 8575/8575a 2002 |
HyperData DeskNote 9200 ODM Model: ECS DeskNote A928 2002 |
HyperData Model 2500 ODM Model: Compal CY25 2002 |
HyperData Model 1100 ODM Model: Compal PL11 2002 |
HyperData Model 8600 ODM Model: MiTAC 8640 2002 |
HyperData Model 8300 ODM Model: MiTAC 8375 2002 |
HyperData Model 3500 ODM Model: Uniwill N35BS1 2003 |
HyperData Model 1200 ODM Model: Compal CQ12 2003 |
HyperData Model 2700 ODM Model: Compal CY27 2003 |
HyperData Model 9070 ODM Model: ECS DeskNote A907 2003 |
HyperData Model 8880 ODM Model: MiTAC 8080 2003 |
HyperData Model 5000 ODM Model: Compal CL50 2003 |
HyperData UltraSlim 2430 ODM Model: Uniwill N243S9 2003 |
HyperData Model 7320 ODM Model: ECS Green732 16" 2003 |
HyperData Model 1010 ODM Model: Unknown 2003 |
HyperData Model 4700 ODM Model: Clevo D470W 2003 |
HyperData Model 2550 ODM Model: Uniwill N251C2 2003 |
HyperData Model 3000 ODM Model: ASUS M3000N 2003 |
HyperData Model 7550 ODM Model: Uniwill N755Ix 2003 |
HyperData Model 5300 ODM Model: ECS A530 2003 |
HyperData Model 5350 ODM Model: ECS Late 2003 |
HyperData Model 5100 ODM Model: Compal CL51 Late 2003 |
HyperData Model 8350 ODM Model: MiTAC 8355 Late 2003 |
HyperData Model 8050 ODM Model: MiTAC 8050 2004 |
HyperData Model 5510 ODM Model: ECS GREEN551 2004 |
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No Image HyperData Model 2885 ODM Model: NP2885 (Unknown) 2004 |
HyperData Model 8700 ODM Model: Clevo D870P 2004 |
No Image HyperData Model M5200N ODM Model: ASUS? 2004 |
No Image HyperData Model 3010 ODM Model: ? 2004 |
HyperData Model 8590 ODM Model: MiTAC 8599 2004 |
No Image HyperData Model 2580 ODM Model: Uniwill 258SA0 2004 |
HyperData Model 8200 ODM Model: ASUS A2500H 2004 |
No Image HyperData Model 9800 ODM Model: ? 2004 |
No Image HyperData Model 2450 ODM Model: ? 2004 |
No Image HyperData Model 5600 ODM Model: ? 2004 |
No Image HyperData Model 2230 ODM Model: ? 2004 |
No Image HyperData Model 4700A ODM Model: Clevo 2004 |
HyperData Model 258A ODM Model: Uniwill 258KA0 2004 |
HyperData Model 2570 ODM Model: ? 2004 |
No Image HyperData Model 3015 ODM Model: ? 2004 |
HyperData Model 3790 ODM Model: ? 2004 |
HyperData Model 2590 ODM Model: ? 2004 |
Models listed on usasunrex.com
Sunrex also listed/sold many laptops from other ODMs on their US website, usasunrex.com. Some of these were also sold by HyperData, while others were not. See here for info on those models.
High-Resolution Logo Files
Here are high-resolution versions of the SunRace, InnovACE, and HyperData logos.
