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| Company type | private |
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| Industry | Technology |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Headquarters | Beaverton, Oregon |
| Website | ctl |
CTL Corporation is an Oregon-based computer manufacturer that produces Chromebooks and Chromeboxes.
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| Company type | private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Technology |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Headquarters | Beaverton, Oregon |
| Website | ctl |
CTL Corporation is an Oregon-based computer manufacturer that produces Chromebooks and Chromeboxes.
CTL was founded as Computer Technology Link Corp [1] in 1989 [2] and is based in Beaverton, Oregon. [3] In 2015 it opened offices in Vigo, Spain as well. [4] The chief executive officer is Erik Stromquist. [5]
In 1999, CTL began providing computers and technical support to the government of Malaysia and its education system. [1] CTL began manufacturing all-in-one PCs again in the early 2010s. [6] In 2014 CTL partnered with CryptoRig in order to produce currency-mining computer systems. [7] In 2016 CTL Chromebooks were provided to teachers and students in Nevada education system via a legislative appropriation of $20 million passed through the Nevada State House. [8] [9]
In 2018 CTL partnered with Google and Sprint in order to develop a Chromebook with access to LTE mobile service, creating the Chromebook NL7 LTE. [10] It also released the Core i7 version. [11] In 2019 the company released the CTL Chromebook Tab Tx1, with two Cortex-A72 cores and four further Cortex-A53, and 4 GB of memory and 32 GB of storage. [12] That year CTL also released the Chromebox CBx1-7 for mounting to visual displays. [13]
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