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Asustek


Asustek, commonly known as Asus, hit the jackpot when it became the first computer maker to sell Netbooks, the popular low-cost subnotebooks with displays smaller than 10 inches in size.

With the Eee PCs, Austek quickly caught up with the big boys. Recent statistics from research house IDC showed that the Taiwanese PC maker garnered a market share of 4.7 percent and took the fifth spot in total shipments, after Lenovo, HP, Dell and Acer. Asustek grew by some 67 percent sequentially, and registered approximately 100 percent unit growth over the same period in the previous year.

The PC maker in October teamed up with chip giant Intel to launch a "dream PC" design site to solicit ideas from consumers.

Founded in 1989, Asustek is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, and sells computer hardware as well as electonics. Products include notebooks, graphics cards, PDAs and motherboards.

This company is listed in Systems, Data storage management, Networking & Communications.



Financials
Fiscal year-end December FY08 FY07 FY06 FY05 FY04
Global revenue (US$millions) — 23,302.7 17,230.9 11,570.6 7,772.4
Global full-year net income (US$millions) — 948.8 667.9 489.7 470.4
Average year-on-year revenue growth over 4 years 44.34%
Average year-on-year net income growth over 4 years 27.51%
Percentage of revenue from Asia —

Operations
Founded 1989 Taiwan
First Asian office 1989 Taiwan
Global employees 8,885
Global employees in Asia —
Asian economies: Total 9 China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

* Data correct as of October 2008. Information was compiled by ZDNet Asia from sources such as official reports, corporate Web sites and financial news sites. ZDNet Asia strived to get the latest information but does not guarantee the correctness or completeness of the data. The information provided on this site is for general informational purposes only and is not an offer to buy or sell any securities.

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