Asus

ASUSTeK Computer Incorporated (Chinese: 華碩電腦股份有限公司; pinyin: Huáshuò Diànnaǒ Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī, lit. Great Splendid Computer Corporation) is a bunch computer technology and customer electronics artefact architect headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. Its artefact ambit includes motherboards, desktops, laptops, monitors, book PCs, servers and adaptable phones. The aggregation additionally produces apparatus for added manufacturers, including Dell, Falcon Northwest, Hewlett-Packard and Apple Inc..

Sometimes articular by its cast name ASUS (English pronunciation: /ˈeɪsʉs/[2]), the aggregation is listed on both the London Stock Exchange (LSE: ASKD) and the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE: 2357). As of 26 November 2009, 29.2% of PCs awash in the antecedent 12 months common came with an ASUS motherboard.[3] The company's 2009 revenues accomplished US$21.2 billion.[1]

ASUS appears in BusinessWeek’s "InfoTech 100" and "Asia’s Top 10 IT Companies" rankings. Wall Street Journal Asia ranks it cardinal one in affection and service, and it leads the IT Hardware class of the 2008 Taiwan Top 10 Global Brands analysis with a absolute cast amount of US$1.324 billion

Relationship with Intel

In the aboriginal 2000s, Taiwan-based motherboard manufacturers had not yet accustomed their arch positions in the computer-hardware business. Intel Corporation would accumulation any fresh processors to added accustomed companies like IBM first, and the Taiwanese companies would accept to delay for about six months afterwards IBM accustomed their engineering prototypes. As of 2009, ASUS receives Intel engineering samples advanced of its competitors.[10]

ASUS has become one of the capital supporters of Intel's Common Building Block initiatives

GPS devices

The ASUS R700T GPS device includes TMC (Traffic Message Channel)

Republic of Gamers

Republic of Gamers is an Asus brand formed in 2006 "with the purpose of delivering the most innovative hardcore hardware for truly dedicated gamers."

Sound Cards

Asus started its band of complete cards by absolution the Xonar DX on February 28th 2008, a agenda that promised abundant audio quality. But this card's capital allure was its adeptness to challenge the EAX 5.0 furnishings through the Asus GXcomputer application while additionally acknowledging Open AL and DTS-connect[37]. This offered an another to Creative's complete cards which were characterized with poor disciplinarian abutment beneath Windows Vista.[38] [39]. Asus followed-up with the accession of its Xonar D1 on the 27th of July 2008 which offered abundantly agnate appearance to the Xonar DX but affiliated to the motherboard through the PCI interface instead of the PCI-E x1 affiliation on the Xonar DX [40]. Asus again appear the Xonar HDAV 1.3, which was the aboriginal band-aid enabling loss-less HD audio bit alive to AV receivers.[41]. After that, Asus acclimated the aforementioned audio processor to aftermath its Xonar DS complete card, which was appear on the 13th of May, 2009. This agenda had 107db SNR appraisement which is hardly beneath than what the Xonar DX and the Xonar D1 had to action but, it featured an upgradeable Operational Amplifier (OP-AMP) in accession to the accepted appearance of the Xonar line.[42]. Asus again targeted high-end audiophiles with the accession of its Essence ST complete agenda on the 15th of May, 2009. This agenda featured 124db SNR appraisement and attention audio alarm tuning[43]. Three canicule later, Asus active the HDAV ancestors by absolution the HDAV 1.3 slim, a agenda targeted for HTPC users alms actual agnate functionality to HDAV 1.3 but in a abate form[44] . During Computex 2010, Asus alien its Xonar Xense which was an audio array composed of the Xense complete agenda and a appropriate copy of the Sennheiser PC350 headset[45] [46] . In August 2010, Asus appear the Xonar DG complete agenda to ambition account buyers. The agenda offered 5.1 beleaguer complete support, 105db SNR rating, abutment for Dolby headphone and GX 2.5 abutment for battling EAX 5.0 technology