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3
II. Introduction of the Company
I. Establishment date: April 2, 1990
II. Development history
April 1990 ASUS was incorporated at 2F, 14-2, Sec. 2, Chung-Young S. Road, Beitou District,
Taipei City and collected a paid-in capital of NT$30 million.
April 1990 Became a direct customer of Intel (U.S.A.)
May 1990 Cache 386/33 and 486/25 personal computer motherboards were
p
opular. 486/25
was market launched with IBM and ALR synchronously and it was the milestone of
computer development in Taiwan.
May 1990 Expanded the facilities (instrumen
t
s and equipmen
t
) of R&D department and
, as the facilities expanded, recruited R&D talent for the development of EISA 486
motherboard.
July 1990 ASUS completed the registration of the manufacturing facility and initiated
production. The quality products made in-house were successful.
October 1990 The head office and manufacturing facilities were relocated to 4F, 10, Alley 25,
Lane 425, Sec. 4, Chung-Young N. Road (changed name to “Li-Te Road” by Taipei
City Government in 1993) with an area of 602 pings due to business expansion.
N
ovember 1990 EISA 486 motherboar
, officially marke
t
-launched and shown at the COMDEX
exhibition in early November, became a market-leading product.
December 1990 Increased the pai
d
-in capital to NT$80 million
b
y cash capitalization for an amount
of NT$50 million.
December 1990 Generated sales revenue of NT$230 million in the first year of incorporation with
16.01% net income for an amount of NT$36.82 million.
January 1991 The 286 and 386SX were popular in 1990 while the 486-mothe
r
b
oard technology
was difficult and expensive. ASUS was in control of advanced product technology
and marketing. The market demand for advanced motherboard was growing this
year.
March 1991 The profit of 486 in this month exceeded the profit of 386 for the first time,
meaning that the 486 advanced products had become the major product of the
company.
April 1991 Depth was added to the management team with multiple marketing and sales talents
recruited by the company to reinforce marketing capability.
August 1991 The sales of high-uni
t
-
p
rice EISA 486 product were satisfactory and this
p
roduc
t
helped the company generate millions of dollars of profit.
Decembe
r
1991 INTEL (USA) provided the company with O/A credi
t
five times over the original
quota.
December 1991 Increased the pai
d
-in capital to NT$150 million with retained earnings for an
amount of NT$30 million and with cash for an amount of NT$40 million.
December 1991 The sales revenue of this year amounted to NT$1.399 billion and net income
amounted to NT$116 million.
January 1992 Monthly production exceeded 30,000 units.
March 1992 Attended an exhibition in Hanove
r
Germany
t
o present the 32-
b
it SCSI interface
EISA-SC100. The product was well received by customers as well as tech media
reviewers, with the IC developed in-house by ASIC, the self-developed software,
and the driver software.