ASUS, a technology-oriented company blessed with one of the world's top R&D teams, is well known for high-quality and innovative technology. As a leading provider of 3C (computers, communications and consumer electronics) total solutions, ASUS offers a complete product portfolio to compete in the new millennium.

In 2004, ASUS shipped 40 million motherboards, which means one out of every 4 desktop PCs sold last year is based on ASUS motherboards. ASUS' 2004 revenues reached US$7.7 billion, up 28% from the year before.

ASUS won over 1171 awards in 2004 from the world's most respected IT media and organizations. BusinessWeek ranked ASUS amongst its "InfoTech 100" for the eight straight year. The readers of Tom's Hardware Guide, the world's largest IT website, selected ASUS as the best maker of motherboards (4 consecutive years) and graphics cards (two consecutive years). Furthermore, the company took home the prestigious "National Award of Excellence" presented by the Ministry of Economics Affairs and Germany's Industrie Forum (iF) Award for industrial design excellence.

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