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January 2013 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, TabletPC, and e-readers, mobile
computing devices, display, and wireless portable products.
February 2013 Eight ASUS products won the iF Design, again demonstrating the international
recognition for ASUS’s design capability.
February 2013 MWC listed the TabletPC product in its Global Mobile Awards 2013 for the first time
and ASUS Nexus 7 was the first Taiwanese TabletPC to win the award from MWC.
March 2013 ASUS won 8 design awards again from the Red Dot Award.
April 2013 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.
April 2013 ASUS collaborated with UniMax Electronics Inc. to develop the “Smart Navigation
& Infotainment System.” The system was first introduced to Toyota electric vehicle
through the “Sun Moon Lake Scenic Area Smart Electronic Vehicle Pilot Project.”
April 2013 ASUS was again the biggest winner in the 21st Taiwan Excellence Awards and has
received the most awards in 11 consecutive years, with a total of 41 products
receiving awards. Of particular note; PadFoneTM2 was awarded with Gold Award
and ASUS TAICHITM awarded with Silver Award.
April 2013 ASUS was awarded with the “2013 Young Generation Brand Survey” from the 30s
Magazine and outperformed in the category of laptop computer for the fourth year in
succession. The brand image of ASUS is again recognized through the first place
award in “Most Favorite Brand.”
May 2013 ASUS joined Chunghwa Telecom to expand the cloud service market, offering
innovative and diverse cloud services to consumers through personal cloud, family
cloud, health cloud, and creativity cloud. ASUS also launched multi-monitor and
digital content integration to upgrade cloud experience countrywide.
June 2013 ASUS presented “WE TRANSFORM” at Computex, stressing ASUS’s continuous
innovation in leading digital reform, and conveying its pursuit of unparalleled brand
spirit. ASUS launched an epoch-marking innovative transformer product, the ASUS
Transformer Book Trio. Carrying Windows 8 and Android dual Operation Systems, it
is the first transformer product in the world that integrates laptop, TabletPC and
desktop computer in one. Also introduced: the “ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity”
which offers ultimate specifications and performance; the “Fonepad Note FHD 6,” a
light, compact and portable mobile phone tablet PC equipped with entertainment,
communication, and handwriting function; the “MeMO Pad™ HD7,” which leads in
the mainstream of stylish TabletPCs, and the “VivoPC,” “VivoMouse” and wireless
router RT-AC68U Router.” Leading in design and innovation, all were exhibited at
the Computex exhibition.
June 2013 ASUS launched motherboards for gaming desktop PC’s carrying the latest 4th
generation Intel Core processor. The POSEIDON Graphics Card also made its debut
featuring a dual fan hybrid cooler.
June 2013 ASUS’s digital service was recognized by Digital Times and was awarded the
“Digital Service Bench Enterprise.”
July 2013 ASUS partnered 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 launched a new-generation Nexus 7 with Google, which carries an innovative
built-in wireless charging function and comes with 1920x1200 Full HD (323ppi) to
become the leader of 7” TabletPC.
July 2013 ASUS ESC4000/FDR G2 Server was adopted by, two super computers, SANAM and
Seneca Data Cluster ranked 52th and 364th place respectively in the TOP500
Supercomputer list in 2013, for high-powered performance and ultimate processing
speed. At the same time, the two products comply with eco-friendly standards,
receiving recognition through the 4th and 194th place on the green500 org list.