ASUS - or rather the ASUSTeK Computer Inc. - is a producer of computer hardware based in Taipei. When it comes to the manufacturer of the best selling notebooks worldwide, the company is ranked in third place. Asus is also listed on the stock market in Taiwan and London.
Many of the brand name Asus is especially therefore a term because they have seen him on the cover of a notebook. And indeed, notebooks and PCs for business and performance computing area are mainly sold under this brand name. However, Asus also produces smartphones, tablets, graphics cards, motherboards and displays for different devices.
The company was founded in 1989 by the four Acer employees TH Tung, Ted Hsu, Wayne Hsieh and MT Liao in Taipei, most of the production was moved to China quite early. In actual founding country is dedicated to now manufacturing laptops and the two companies branches of research and development. Besides the two mentioned locations Asus is also represented in the UK, Germany, France, Spain, the USA, Russia and the Czech Republic.
2002 follows the brand ASRock from Asus. This line of business is responsible for the production of motherboards and industrial PCs and had to face in the area of OEM various competitors, such as the billions Group Foxconn. In 2008, the electronics manufacturer divided into three separate businesses: The division Asus is responsible for the production of notebook and PC components, under the name Pegatron OEM business is aligned and the division Unihan engaged in the production of computer accessories and housings.