Ups & Downs Business

• ·         September 2005: releases the first PhysX accelerator card.
• ·         December 2005: enters the LCD TV market with the TLW32001 model, initially only available in the Taiwan market.
• ·         January 2006: ASUS announces that it will cooperate with Lamborghini to develop its VX series.
• ·         9 March 2006: ASUS announced as one of the producers of the first Microsoft Origami models, together with Samsung and Founder Technology.
• ·         8 August 2006: ASUS announces a joint venture with Gigabyte Technology.
• ·         5 June 2007: ASUS announces the Eee PC at COMPUTEX Taipei 2007
• ·         9 September 2007: ASUS indicates support for Blu-ray, announcing the release of a BD-ROM/DVD writer PC drive, BC-1205PT.The release of several Blu-ray based notebooks follows.
• ·         31 October 2007: ASUS launches a PDA/smartphone range in the UK market
• ·         3 January 2008: ASUS formally splits into three companies: ASUSTeK, Pegatron and Unihan.
• ·         May 2008: Incompatibility of ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe motherboard with Windows XP SP3 first discovered
• ·         22 August 2008: Details of the N10 leaked online.
• ·         December 2008: ASUS releases a beta BIOS update that potentially fixes the Windows XP SP3 incompatibility with the ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe motherboard.
• ·         1 June 2010: ASUS spins off Pegatron Corp.
• ·         December 2010: ASUS has the world's thinnest notebook ASUS U36 with Intel processor voltage standard (not low voltage) Intel core i3 or i5 with a thickness of only 19 mm.[25]
• ·         October 2011: Asus designed UX/21E/31E ZENBOOK™, it uses a precision-crafted design measuring only 3mm at the front and 9mm at the rear. The form features razor thin edges
• ·         Asus chairman Jonney Shih claimed these ultra thin (under 3 mm at its slimmest edge) laptops will last more than seven hours.