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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.
October 2012 ASUS releases the PadFone 2 in Milan and Taipei.
October 2012 ASUS releases the latest series of products leveraging the Windows 8 operating
system. Chairman Jonney Shih hosts the product launch in New York, and CEO Shen
Zhen hosts the launch event in Taipei, driving sales of new products such as ASUS
TAICHI, ASUS Transformer AiO, and ASUS Transformer Book to new heights.
December 2012 Company repor
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s
b
rand sales revenue of NT$413.1 billion.
January 2013 Fifteen ASUS products receive Innovation Awards at CES. 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, e-readers, mobile computing devices, display,
and wireless portable products.
February 2013 Eight ASUS products win iF Design awards.
February 2013 For the first time, ASUS wins an award from Mobile World Congress, at the Global
Mobile Awards 2013. ASUS Nexus 7 is the first Taiwan-built Tablet PC to win the
award.
March 2013 ASUS wins 8 Red Do
t
Design Awards.
April 2013 ASUS collaborates with Taipei City Government to build Taipei iCloud,
p
roviding 5
cloud services, including Citizen Cloud, Enterprise Cloud, Education Cloud, Health
Cloud, and Open Data Cloud to offer diverse and convenient cloud applications to all
Taipei residents.
April 2013 ASUS collaborates with UniMax Electronics Inc. to develop the Smart Navigation &
Infotainment System. The system is first introduced in the Toyota electric vehicle
through the Sun Moon Lake Scenic Area Smart Electronic Vehicle Pilot Project.
April 2013 ASUS is the
b
iggest winner in the 21st Taiwan Excellence Awards for the 11
th
consecutive year, with a total of 41 products receiving awards. PadFoneTM2 wins
Gold and ASUS TAICHITM wins Silver.
April 2013 ASUS is awarded with the 2013 Young Generation Brand Survey from the 30s
Magazine, outperforming in the Laptop Computer category for the fourth consecutive
year. The ASUS brand is again given the first place award for Most Favored Brand.
May 2013 ASUS joins Chunghwa Telecom to expan
d
its cloud service marke
t
, offe
r
ing
innovative and diverse cloud services to consumers through personal cloud, family
cloud, health cloud, and creativity cloud. ASUS also launches multi-monitor and
digital content integration to upgrade cloud experience throughout Taiwan.
June 2013 ASUS presented “We Transform” at Computex, emphasizing ongoing innovation
through its brand spirit of In Search of Incredible. ASUS launches an epoch-marking
innovative transformer product, the ASUS Transformer Book Trio. Complete with
dual Windows 8 and Android operating systems, it is the first transformer product in
the world that integrates laptop, Tablet PC and desktop computer in one device.
ASUS also introduces the ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity, Fonepad Note FHD 6,
MeMO Pad HD7, and the VivoPC, VivoMouse and wireless RT-AC68U router.
June 2013 ASUS launches motherboards for gaming desktop PCs carrying the latest 4th
generation Intel Core processor. The POSEIDON Graphics Card is also debuted,
featuring a dual-fan hybrid cooler.
June 2013 ASUS is recognized
b
y Digital Times and awarded the Digital Service Bench
Enterprise.
July 2013 ASUS partne
r
s with the Industrial Development Bureau (IDB) under the Ministry of
Economic Affairs to establish the Taiwan Digital Mega Mall, a new cloud computing
services marketplace.
July 2013 ASUS launches a new-generation Nexus 7 with Google, which carries an innovative
built-in wireless charging function and comes with a class-leading 1920 x 1200 Full
HD (323 PPI) display.
July 2013 ASUS ESC4000/FDR G2 Serve
r
is adopted by two supe
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-compute
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groups—SANAM and Seneca Data Cluster—which are ranked 52th and 364th,
respectively, in the TOP500 Supercomputer list of 2013, for high-powered