ASUS

ASUSTeK Computer Inc., commonly called ASUS, is a Taiwan-based company which produces computer components such as motherboards, graphics cards, and notebooks. ASUS has recently begun producing PDAs, cellular phones, LCD monitors, and other computer-related products. ASUS rebrands Pioneer optical drives and resells them with minor modifications. Its main competitors include MSI, Gigabyte and other motherboard manufacturers from Taiwan.

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ASUS currently sells more motherboards than any other company, reaching 30 million in 2004. This number, however, includes rebranding contracts. ASUS also produces a variety of components for other corporations, including Sony's PlayStation 2 video game console and Apple Computer's iPods, iPod Shuffles, iBook G4s, among others.

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ASUS is popular with system builders, having gained a reputation for stable, performance components.

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Taiwan: Taiwan (; Taiwanese: T?i-o?n) is an island in East Asia located off the coast of mainland China, south of Japan and north of the Philippines. "Taiwan" is commonly used to refer to the territories currently governed by the Republic of China (ROC), which include the Taiwan island group (including Lany...

Computer: A computer is a device or for processing information from data according to a program — a compiled list of instructions. The information to be processed may represent numbers, text, pictures, or sound, amongst many other types....

Motherboard: A motherboard, also known as a main board, mainboard, logic board or system board, and sometimes abbreviated as mobo, is the central or primary circuit board making up a complex electronic system, such as a computer....

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