ASUS is a Taiwanese multinational computer and phone hardware and electronics company. Its products include desktops, laptops, netbooks, mobile phones, networking equipment, monitors, WIFI routers, projectors, motherboards, graphics cards, optical drives, servers, multimedia products, and wearables. The company is also an original equipment manufacturer (OEM). ASUS has its headquarters in Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. The company’s slogan is “In Search of Incredible.”
ASUS was founded in April 1989 by four engineers: T.H. Tung, M.T. Liao, Ted Hsu, and Wayne Hsieh. All four of them had previously worked at Acer as hardware engineers. They believed they could start their own company and develop their brand of computers. Initially, they focused on producing motherboards when they started. They eventually branched out to other computer components like graphic cards and routers.
Today, ASUS is one of the most prominent PC vendors in the world, with a dominant market share in several product categories. In 2017, it was the fifth-largest PC vendor by shipments worldwide. The company is also the world’s largest motherboard manufacturer as well as the number one maker of
