25 Interesting Facts About ASUS

Perusahaan ASUS

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Kisah Asus bermula pada tahun 1989, ketika empat insinyur komputer, yaitu Wayne Hsieh, Ted Hsu, MT Liao dan TH Tung berniat mendirikan perusahaan baru untuk memajukan industri TI Taiwan. Nama yang mereka pilih adalah “Pegasus” yang diambil dari sebutan untuk makhluk mitos asal Yunani. Pada perkembangannya, nama tersebut dipendekkan menjadi “Asus” agar bisa tampil di urutan awal sesuai alphabet.

Berbeda dengan sekarang, kala itu Asus yang berkantor di sebuah apartemen kecil di Taipei, Taiwan, bergerak di bidang konsultasi komputer dan tidak memproduksi hardware buatan sendiri. Namun, setelah berhasil membuat dan menjual motherboard untuk prosesor Intel 486 pada akhir dekade 80-an, perusahaan ini mulai berkonsentrasi ke konstruksi hardware.

Dalam perjalanannya, perusahaan yang mulai go public pada tahun 2005 ini tumbuh semakin besar. Motherboard Asus terpasang di 29,2% komputer desktop yang terjual sepanjang tahun 2009. Di tahun yang sama Asus membukukan pendapatan senilai USD21,2 miliar. Untuk mengefisienkan kinerja perusahaan, pada tahun 2007 Asus membagi diri menjadi tiga perusahaan berbeda, yaitu Pegatron (berfokus pada produksi komponen PC dan perangkat OEM), Unihan (manufaktur perangkat non-PC), serta Asus sendiri yang berkonsentrasi penuh pada produksi notebook dan  sistem komputer utuh.

25 Fakta Menarik tentang ASUS adalah sebagai berikut : 

1. AsusTeK Computer Inc. (formally Asus) was founded on 2^nd April 1989 as Pegasus.

2. Pegasus was renamed Asus to stay at top in alphabetical search results.

3. Asus was founded by four ex-Acer hardware engineers – M.T. Liao, Wayne Hsieh, Ted         Hsu and T. H. Yung.

4. Asus’ tagline intially was “Rock Solid. Heart Touching”, then “Inspiring Innovation” and is       currently “In Search of Incredible”.

5.  Asus’s headquarters is in Taipei, Taiwan.

6.  Asus has more than 21,361 employees worldwide (2013 data).

7.  Asus is the world’s third largest PC vendor (after Lenovo and HP) according to the record      of units sold in 2014.

8.  Asus’ High-Tech Park which is located in Suzhou, China covers 5,800,000 square feet.

9.  Asus operates more than 50 service sites across 32 countries.

10. Asus has more than 400 service partners worldwide.

11  Asus initially manufactured computer motherboards.

12. In September of 2005, Asus launched its very first PhysX accelerator card.

13. In December 2005, Asus entered into LCD TV market by launching its very first LCD TV       – TLW32001.

14. In January 2006, Asus announced its cooperation with Lamborghini to develop the VX           series.

15.  On 9^th March of 2006, Asus got selected by Microsoft to manufacture first Microsoft Origami (an ultra-mobile PC or UMPC) models.

16.  In 2006, Asus got HSPM [Hazardous Substance Process Management) and IECQ [IEC Quality Assessment System for Electronics Component) certification.

17.  On 5^th January 2007, Asus launched its very first Linux-based OS running laptop – the Eee PC at COMPUTEX 2007 events in Taipei.

18.  On 9^th of September 2007,  Asus announced that it will release notebooks with Blu-ray support.

19.  In 2007, Oekom Research marked Asus as a highly environmental friendly company.

20.  In January 2008, Asus announced its division into three independent companies – Asus (to manufacture computers and other electronics), Pegatron (to focus on OEM manufacturing of motherboards and other components) and Unihan Corporation (to focus on non-technical manufacturing such as cases).

21.  In February 2008, Asus released its very first sound card – the Xonar DX.

22.  In October 2008, Asus awarded with 11 Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) Gold Awards.

23.  In November 2008, Asus got EU Flower certification for its N-Series of notebooks.

24.  09^th of December 2008, Asus became the member of Open Handset Alliance.

25.  Asus ranked first position in the 2008 Taiwan Top 10 Global Brand survey.

Sumber :

http://www.nerdeky.com/30-interesting-facts-you-probably-dont-know-about-asus 

http://rudy-indranatan.blogspot.co.id/2011/12/sedikit-sejarah-awal-mula-asus.html

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