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competition for three consecutive years where a total of 53 products received the
Excellence Award, including the Eee PC, which S101 was awarded the “Gold
Award” this year while ASUS Bamboo U6V and P552w smart phone were
awarded with “Silver Awards.”
April 2009 ASUS launched the energy-saving motherboards P5Q PRO Turbo and P5Q Turbo
on the Earth Day. P5Q PRO Turbo and P5Q Turbo were designed with unique
Xtreme Phase power design and ASUS 2nd generation EPU smart energy-saving
chips to save power consumption; They system monitors itself automatically,
adjusts the power supply, reduces temperature, and increases power efficiency up
to 96%.
April 2009 ASUS was held up to the world the gold standard for green products by CNN and
TIME Magazine. Eee PC 1000HE was appraised by CNN in the program of “Your
Green World.” ASUS Bamboo U6V was awarded” “Green Design 100” by TIME
Magazine for the artistic design and environmental protection value.
May 2009 ASUS introduced the thinnest mini notebook, Eee PC 1008HA Seashell! Seamless
Eee PC 1008HA Seashell gave a sense of fashion, which was originated from the
idea of seashell; weighted only 1.1kgs, presented a sexy, slim body only 18mm
thick, and featured a 92% Baby Touch keyboard and a power-saving 10.1” LED
display.
May 2009 ASUS was ranked No. 1 for “product and se
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vice quality” and “innovation” in the
“Asian Business 200” by Wall Street Journal in Asia. ASUS received the highest
ranking in the 3C industry under “domestic industry” in the “Asian Business 200.”
June 2009 ASUS was the winner in three products including “Game Republic” ASUS G51
Notebook, digital Eee family member EeeNAS PC, and Garmin-Asus nüvifone
G60 navigator mobile phone awarded in the “Best Choice of COMPUTEX.”
June 2009 ASUS’s pioneering motherboard was the first to pass Energy Star 5.0 certification.
ASUS was certified for professional energy-saving for the second time since the
initial recognition as the gold standard for green products manufacturer by CNN
and TIME Magazine.
September 2009 ASUS introduced the brand new ASUS UL Series, demonstrating Turbo 33
duo-core effect, 12-hour long-lasting power, and a super-thin notebook that broke
the myth of permanence and efficiency conflict and established a brand new
standard for mobile computation.
October 2009 ASUS was recognized for innovation in energy-saving effort. ASUS computer
was the first one in the world to receive third party validation of “Environmental
Product Declaration (EPD)” and the first to win “carbon footprint (carbon
neutrality)” certification. ASUS was the first enterprise in Taiwan to receive the
gold environmental protection logo of EPEAT of the United States; the company
is also the first top-ten computer brand in the world to receive the “EU Flower”
certification. ASUS has dedicated itself to the principles of green environment,
carbon-reduction, and care for the Earth.
December 2009 The consolidated sales revenue for the ASUS Computer brand was NT$248.2
billion from the year of 2009.
January 2010 Five ASUS products were awarded with the innovation award of the CES in 2010
including ASUS Videophone Touch AiGuru SV1T Skype, ASUS MATRIX
GTX285/HTDI/1GD3 video graphics array, Disney Netpal™ Eee PC MK90H
notebook, ASUS MS238H super thin LED display, and ASUS RT-N16 flagship
wireless router.
January 2010 ASUS P6X58D Premium was the first USB 3.0 motherboard in the world to receive
USB-IF (USB Implementers Forum) certification and led consumers entering
USB3.0 high-speed transmission era.
February 2010 The Company held its extraordinary shareholders’ meeting on February 9, 2010, and
passed a resolution for the spin-off of its ODM business. This resolution required
the Company to spin off the ODM assets and business (the Company's 100%-owned
long-term equity investment in Pegatron) to the Company's wholly owned existing
subsidiary Pegatron International Investment Co., Ltd. Pegatron International