Asus
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ASUSTek Computer Inc. (/ˈeɪsuːs/,[3] /eɪˈsuːs/,[4] /ɑːˈ-/,[5] /əˈ-/;[6] Chinese: 華碩電腦股份有限公司; pinyin: Huáshuò Diànnǎo Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī; stylised as ASUSTeK or ASUS) is a Taiwanese[7] multinational computer, phone hardware and electronics manufacturer headquartered in Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. Its products include desktop computers, laptops, netbooks, mobile phones, networking equipment, monitors, wi-fi routers, projectors, motherboards, graphics cards, optical storage, multimedia products, peripherals, wearables, servers, workstations and tablet PCs. The company is also an original equipment manufacturer (OEM).
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Headquarters of Asus in Taipei | |
Native name | 華碩電腦股份有限公司 |
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Romanized name | Huáshuò Diànnǎo Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī |
| Type | Public |
| TWSE: 2357 | |
| Industry | Computer hardware Electronics Networking hardware |
| Founded | 2 April 1989; 34 years ago (1989-04-02) |
| Founders | Ted Hsu, M.T. Liao, Wayne Tsiah, T.H. Tung, Luca D.M. |
| Headquarters | Beitou District, Taipei, |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Products | |
| Revenue |  NT$412.8 billion (2020)[1] |
| NT$24.9 billion (2020)[1] | |
| NT$28.4 billion (2020)[1] | |
| Total assets | NT$396 billion (2020)[1] |
| Total equity | NT$214 billion (2020)[1] |
Number of employees | 15,400 (2021)[2] |
| Website | www |
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| Traditional Chinese | 華碩電腦股份有限公司 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 华硕电脑股份有限公司 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | ASUS Computer Stock-share Limited Company | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 華碩 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 华硕 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "Chinese-Eminent" Eminence of/by the Chinese people (華人之碩; 华人之硕) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Asus is the world's 5th-largest PC vendor by unit sales as of January 2022.[8] Asus appears in BusinessWeek's "InfoTech 100" and "Asia's Top 10 IT Companies" rankings, and it ranked first in the IT Hardware category of the 2008 Taiwan Top 10 Global Brands survey with a total brand value of $1.3 billion.[9]
Asus has a primary listing on the Taiwan Stock Exchange under the ticker code 2357 and formerly had a secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker code ASKD.