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There was no inflation issued in 2008.
(II) Conducting high-risk and high-leverage investment, granting loans to others, endorsement
& guarantee and directives policy, root cause of profit and loss, and the responsive
measures:
The company has granted loans to others, endorsement & guarantee, and directives
trade processed in accordance with the “Assets Acquisition and/or Disposition
Procedure” and “Loans and Endorsement & Guarantee Procedure” of the company and
the responsive measures. The endorsement and guarantee of the company in 2008 was
made for business transactions in accordance with the “Loans and Endorsement &
Guarantee Procedure.” The company’ s Endorsement & Guarantee is with a limit of
NT$117,100,633 thousand. The subsidiaries that are guaranteed by the company
operate profoundly with low risk expected.
(III) R&D plans and budgeted R&D expense:
ASUS cannot stress enough the importance of R&D team cultivation and training since
the incorporation. ASUS is able to have the key technology of products controlled to
secure the timing of mass production. ASUS will base on the said fine tradition to
reinforce the R&D capability of the company and add it with market movement to
have unique and innovative information products developed.
1. Products development planned in 2008:
(1) Digital control wireless transmission technology dual core CPU MB
(2) Advanced 3D image display and wireless TV transmission graphic card
(3) Intelligent phone GPS
(4) Ultra Mobile PC
(5) High-speed router / exchanger / firewall / VPN
(6) New-generation advanced server
(7) Professional LED display
(8) WiMAX broadband products
(9) EeePC touch, long-lasting computer
(10) Eee Top PCǵEee Box PCǵEee Keyboard PC
2. R&D budget in 2008: NT$5.3 billion
(IV) The impact of domestic and international policies and law change on the company’ s
finance and the responsive measures: None.
(V) The impact of technology change and industrial change on the company’ s finance and
the responsive measures:
ASUS constantly strives to be an integrated 3C solution provider (Computer,
Communications, Consumer electronics). Technology change provides the company
with business opportunity for new products. The company was with 5.20 times of
inventory turnover in 2008; apparently, there was not any significant negative impact
on finance.
(VI) The impact of industrial image change on business risk management and the responsive
measures:
ASUS has maintained a fine industrial image and there is not any negative report on
the company’ s image.
(VII) The expected effect, potential risk, and responsive measures of merger:
The company’ s did not have any merger conducted in 2008 and up to the date of the
annual report printed: N/A
(VIII) The expected effect, potential risk, and responsive measures of plant expansion: N/A
(IX) The risk faced by procurements and sales hub and the responsive measures: