Neowin News Feed for: Asustek

Asustek announces Eee family product lines

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:33:59 +0000

With Eee PC becoming a focus of the PC market, Asustek Computer has announced it is planning to launch a family of Eee products including: E-DT (desktop PC), E-TV and E-Monitor. All the products while... Read more...

Asustek launches overclocked AMD and Nvidia graphics cards

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:07:34 +0000

Asustek Computer has introduced a pair of overclocked AMD and Nvidia graphics cards aimed a gamers who want to squeeze every last bit of performance. The ATI Radeon 3850-based EAH3850 TOP/HTDI/512M offers core and memory... Read more...

Asustek to push desktop version Eee PC next year

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:01:54 +0000

Asustek Computer is developing a desktop version Eee PC which it hopes to launch in 2008, according to Jonathan Tseng, president of marketing at Asustek. Tseng noted that the PC will not include a display,... Read more...

Asustek announces new motherboards with HDMI onboard

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:57:08 +0000

Asustek Computer has announced the release of the new Intel G35 chipset motherboards featuring on onboard HDMI connector, the Asustek P5E-V HDMI. The motherboards provide users with the ability to showcase high-definition multimedia, highlighted the... Read more...

Asustek Eee PC goes on sale in Taiwan

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:19:12 +0000

Asustek Computer's low-cost Eee PC notebook has gone on sale in Taiwan with pricing at online retailers at around NT$11,655 (US$35. This is much higher than the price of US$199 Asustek originally promoted for the... Read more...

Asustek releases Xonar audio card products

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:05:34 +0000

Asustek Computer has introduced the PCI Express interface Xonar D2X and the USB interface Xonar U1 audio devices. The Asustek Xonar family of audio cards utilizes an Asustek exclusive technology – the new DS3D GX... Read more...

Asustek launches workstation-based motherboards

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:11:44 +0000

Asustek has released the P5E WS Professional and P5E3 WS Professional workstation motherboards with multiple high speed I/O interfaces including dual PCI Express (PCIe) 2.0 and PCI-X slots. The multiple slot interfaces increase expansion choices... Read more...

Asustek Declares Support for 1600MHz Processor Bus

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:39:55 +0000

Asustek Computer plans to enable 1600MHz quad pumped processor system bus on its mainboards based on Intel X38 core-logic, whereas earlier it was rumoured that Intel only intends to enable such speed bin for Intel... Read more...

Asustek to start volume shipments of Eee PCs in September

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:04:18 +0000

Asustek Computer will begin shipping its ultra low-cost notebook, the Eee PC, simultaneously to clients in the US, Europe, China as well as Taiwan, in mid-September, with the first-round shipments targeting 20,000 units, according to... Read more...

Asustek launches quad-LAN server motherboard

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:11:12 +0000

To accommodate requirements in mass storage and fast transfer speeds in intranet applications of SMBs (small and medium business), Asustek Computer recently launched its P5M2-E/4L quad-LAN motherboard designed for servers. The P5M2-E/4L, with a built... Read more...

Asustek Released Mainboard with Built-In DDR3 Memory Modules

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 06:51:59 +0000

Since DDR3 memory technology is nowhere near wide availability yet, Asustek Computer, the world's largest producer of computer mainboards, has decided to offer a motherboard with pre-installed DDR3 modules and specifically tailored heat-spreaders. The manufacturer... Read more...

Asustek Develops Manual Overclocking Tool for Graphics Cards

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 04:20:16 +0000

Asustek Computer has unveiled what it calls "the world's first hardware based real-time overclocking device for graphics cards" along with its new Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT-based graphics board. Asustek's OC Gear real-time overclocking device should... Read more...

Asustek to offer BD Combo model in 3Q07

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:36:36 +0000

Asustek Computer on June 28 announced in China that it will launch a Blu-ray Disc (BD) Combo drive, BC-1205PT, in the third quarter of 2007, according to industry sources in Taiwan. This is Asustek's first... Read more...

Asustek, MSI laptops double as HD players

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:14:28 +0000

Two Taiwanese companies are making laptop PCs users can hook up to their high definition (HD) TVs to make more use of the laptops' internal high definition optical drives, either Blu-ray Disc or HD DVD.... Read more...

Asustek to ship motherboard with HD interface

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:16:33 +0000

Asustek Computer plans to launch a PC motherboard in April with an interface that will allow users to watch high definition (HD) movies on either the Blu-ray Disc or HD-DVD formats. The ASUS M2A-VM-HDMI comes... Read more...

Asustek Launches Water-Cooled Graphics Card

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:46:51 +0000

Taiwanese hardware maker Asustek Computer Incorporated has unveiled a water-cooled graphics card: the AquaTank EN8800GTX graphics board, based on a Nvidia GeForce 8800GTX with 768MB DDR3 memory. According to an Asustek executive manning the company's... Read more...

Asustek to showcase notebook audio-visual workstation at CES

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 14:17:27 +0000

Asustek Computer will showcase its XG Station, an audio-visual workstation for notebooks at the upcoming 2007 International CES in Las Vegas, according to the company. The XG Station, equipped with discrete graphics chips, Dolby output... Read more...

Asustek to launch Skype motherboards

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:16:47 +0000

Asustek Computer plans to launch two motherboards complete with phone jacks able to turn common household telephones into Internet phones using Skype's popular VOIP (voice over Internet protocol) software. The M2N/TeleSky and P5B/TeleSky motherboards both... Read more...

Asustek may give up network IC business, says paper

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:49:33 +0000

Asustek Computer is currently in talks with US-based Agere to dispose of its 65.25%-owned subsidiary, Attansic Technology, which has suffered losses for two years, the Chinese-language Apple Daily cited sources in the Taiwan network-equipment industry... Read more...

Asustek and Gigabyte joint venture

Tue, 08 Aug 2006 16:50:59 +0000

Along with the AMD and ATI merger, Asustek and Gigabyte have just announced a major joint venture plan between the two companies. This joint venture will allow Gigabyte to use Asustek facilities for manufacturing Gigabyte... Read more...

Asustek Acquires New Orders From Apple

Steven Parker — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 10:10:38 +0000

Asustek Computer Inc., one of Taiwan's major contract manufacturersof notebook (NB) personal computers, reportedly is ready to swallow upApple Computer's orders for 1.2 million Intel processor-powered iBooks. Appleis expected to launch the... Read more...

ASUSTeK to Make Add-In-Cards that Boost Physics Performance

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 18 May 2005 13:49:04 +0000

ASUSTeK Computer said at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) it would launch add-in cards that would feature AGEIA's PhysX processor. The products will boost performance of physics in certain next-generation computer games that support AGEIA's... Read more...

Asustek previews Turion 64 platform

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:46:51 +0000

One of key players in notebook industry, Asustek introduced its future implementation of the AMD Turion 64 platform at CeBIT. The product, initially called A6000K, will come out with 15- or 15.4-inch TFT LCD display,... Read more...

Sources: Asustek to make iPod mini for Apple

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 03 Sep 2004 12:32:01 +0000

Asustek Computer has received OEM orders for the iPod mini digital music player from Apple Computer, according to market sources. Asustek is the second Taiwan-based manufacturer of the digital devices since Inventec Appliances also produces... Read more...

Dell and Asustek to launch AV notebooks

Sat, 31 Jul 2004 07:53:32 +0000

Dell and Asustek Computer plan to launch 17-inch AV (audio video) notebooks to compete with Toshiba's recently launched Qosmio notebook, according to market sources. The new AV notebooks are intended to give a jolt to... Read more...

Asustek founder resigns, criticizes management

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 30 Dec 2003 15:42:34 +0000

Wayne Hsieh, one of Asustek Computer's founders and the largest shareholder, resigned from the board and left his post as vice president of the manufacturing division last Friday and wrote an emotional email to former... Read more...