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ESC4000 server to complete the establishment of the largest GPU super
computer in Taiwan. It was the first time ASUS was listed (in 234th place) in the
global Top 500 super computers, and in the 37th place in the Green 500 Super
computers category.
ASUS released the latest Padfone and multiple tablet PC to the theme of
“Incredible Innovation Endless Possibilities” at the Mobile World Congress in
Barcelona.
ASUS held a global seminar in Taiwan on the brand-new Z77 motherboard
series, by exhibiting multiple exclusive innovation techniques applying the
technology of the Intel® 7 motherboards; these innovations brought the full
potential of the motherboards into play.
ASUS announced the series “Happiness 2.0” with new laptop standards,
featuring the five dimensions in Beauty, Sound, Touch, Instant On, Instant
Connect, and Cloud, which aim to comprehensively enhance user experience.
ASUS was awarded with HSPM certificate (Hazardous Substance Process
Management) from IECQ becoming the world’s first computer company to
received the prestigious awarded.
In the 2012 Best Choice competition, ASUS again won several awards in six
categories. ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity and PadFone won the Best Choice
Gold Awards in the Computer & System category, and Innovative and Smart
Mobile Device catgories. Eee Box EB1033 also won the Green ICT Award with
recycling rates as high as 90%. The ASUS P1 LED Projectors and O!Play Smart
TV were awarded with Best Choice in category of Display & Digital
Entertainment. Moreover, EA-N66 Dual-Band Wireless-N900 Ethernet Adapter
won Best Choice in category of Computex.
ASUS cast the magic of “transformation” again at Computex by launching
ASUS TAICHI, Transformer AiO, Transformer Book, and a new member to the
transformer Tablet family, Vivo Tab and VivoTab RT, as well as the borderless
technical design of screen MX 289H/239H.
For the first time, ASUS cooperated with Google to develop the Jelly Bean
Nexus 7 Tablet with the latest Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system. Nexus 7
combines the robust hardware design power of ASUS and the latest Google
software service, integrating the outstanding hardware/software combination to
create market-changing advantages.
ASUS released the PadFone 2 in Milan and Taipei in a synchronized global
presentation. The phone is noted for being highly intuitive and convenient for
consumers.
ASUS released the latest series of products carrying Windows 8 operating
system. Chairman Jonney Shi first released the product in New York, followed
by CEO Shen Zhen in Taipei, driving new products such as ASUS TAICHI,
ASUS Transformer AiO, and ASUS Transformer Book to new peaks.
Brand sales in 2012 amounted to NT$413.1 billion.
Fifteen ASUS products received Innovation Awards at the CES exhibition. The
winning product categories covered innovative design and technological scope,
including premium game hardware and accessories, computer hardware and
components, computer peripherals and equipment, tablet PC, and e-readers,
mobile computing devices, display, and wireless portable products.
Eight ASUS products won the iF Design, again demonstrating the international
recognition for ASUS’s design capability. .
MWC listed the tablet PC product in its Global Mobile Awards 2013 for the first
time and ASUS Nexus 7 was the first Taiwanese tablet PC to win the award
from MWC.
ASUS won 8 design awards again from the announcement of Red Dot Award.
ASUS collaborated with Taipei City Government to build Taipei iCloud
providing five cloud services, including “Citizen Cloud,” “Enterprise Cloud,”
“Education Cloud,” “Health Cloud,” and “Open Data Cloud” to offer diverse
and convenient cloud applications for Taipei citizens.