2017/10/31
ASUS today announced the ASUS Hangouts Meet hardware kit, the smart video-conferencing solution that enables stunning HD visuals. The package includes the compact ASUS Chromebox 2 computer powered by up to an Intel® Core™ i7 processor, and a 4K UHD camera with a wide 120º field of view — with auto-zoom technology to keep the images focused on relevant participants.
2017/10/30
ASUS is proud to announce that 15 of its products have won prestigious Good Design Awards, which celebrate excellence in design and engineering worldwide.
The awards recognize the continued ASUS commitment to quality design and innovation. The winning products showcase the In Search of Incredible brand promise, which pursues perfection in all areas with the ultimate goal of delivering an incredible consumer experience and empowering luxury for everyone.
The Good Design Award is organized by th
2017/10/27
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced that qualifying purchases of selected ROG gaming graphics cards and gaming monitors, and selected ASUS gaming monitors, will entitle the buyer to a free PC copy of Assassin's Creed© Origins, the next installment of the Assassin’s Creed franchise, via a Uplay download key issued by redemption.
2017/08/17
ASUS today announced ZenFone 4 Selfie Pro, an Android™ smartphone featuring high-quality, dual front-facing cameras and intuitive yet powerful image processing software that enables users to easily capture beautiful selfies and wefies with their friends in any condition.
The all-new SelfieMaster app lets users apply real-time beautification effects to selfies, videos, and live-streams, and the camera's Beauty mode enables professional-quality adjustments — such as skin softening, eye enhance
2017/08/17
ASUS Chairman Jonney Shih today unveiled the highly anticipated ZenFone 4 smartphones — ZenFone 4 Pro, ZenFone 4, ZenFone 4 Selfie Pro and ZenFone 4 Selfie — during the We Love Photo press event in Taipei. ZenFone 4 is the first family of smartphones to all feature dual rear or dual front cameras, enabling users to capture the best photos in any scenario, at any distance, and in any lighting conditions.
2017/08/15
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced ROG Strix XG27VQ, a 27-inch gaming monitor and the first model in the all-new ROG Strix XG series of gaming monitors designed especially for professional gamers. ROG Strix XG27VQ blends silky-smooth graphics and gorgeous aesthetics to deliver incredible gaming experiences.
ROG Strix XG27VQ is a Full HD display with an ultrafast 144Hz refresh rate and features ASUS-exclusive Extreme Low Motion Blur and Adaptive-Sync (FreeSync™) technologies for game
2017/08/14
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced Strix GL702VI, a 17.3-inch gaming laptop that is powered by a 7th Generation Intel® Core™ processor, with NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080 graphics and a superfast 120Hz panel with NVIDIA G-SYNC™ technology for unstoppable gaming. Strix GL702VI has Windows 10 Professional preloaded and features an RGB-backlit keyboard with ASUS Aura lighting technology, plus smart-amplifier audio technology.
2017/08/10
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today presents the second and third Nordics) legs of the 2017 Join the Republic: Community Challenge (JTR:CC), which will take place at PAX West in Seattle, US, and at DreamHack Masters in Malmö, Sweden at the beginning of September.
2017/08/09
ASUS today announced that VivoMini PC UN65U is now part of the Corporate Stable Model (CSM) program. The CSM program is an initiative designed to provide businesses with stable product supply and enhanced aftersales support. It is currently the most established global motherboard program for commercial projects, and this announcement extends its scope to mini PCs. ASUS CSM Series mini PCs are ideal for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and enterprises.
2017/08/08
he latest generation of high-end desktop motherboards has arrived from ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) and it's been more than worth the wait. Based on the new Intel® X299 platform, the ROG Rampage VI Extreme and Rampage VI Apex motherboards are designed to help gamers and enthusiasts get the most out of their PCs.
ROG is the leader in motherboard design and innovation. Our engineers tailored the Rampage series for different priorities: Rampage VI Extreme lives up to its name for drool-worthy
2017/08/07
Intel Active Management Technology, Intel Small Business Technology, and Intel Standard Manageability Remote Privilege Escalation
2017/06/21
ASUS today announced RS720A-E9 and RS700A-E9, x86 servers featuring the latest AMD® EPYC™ processors designed for data-intensive, high-performance computing and virtualization. As a select partner of AMD, ASUS is among the first to introduce servers with AMD EPYC processors. Featuring 32 CPU cores that support 64 simultaneous threads, 128-lane I/O, 32 DIMM slots and eight memory channels, AMD EPYC processors deliver incredible performance for even the most demanding server tasks. Combined with t
2017/06/21
ASUS today announced Mining RX 470 and Mining P106, two new graphics cards specifically built to serve the needs of the burgeoning global coin-mining community, featuring high-efficiency designs for maximum hash-rate performance at minimum cost.
2017/06/20
ASUS today announced VivoBook 14 (X442) and VivoBook 15 (X542). These new additions to the VivoBook Series laptops are designed for entertainment and daily productivity, and are powered by up to 7th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 processors, up to 16GB RAM, NVIDIA® GeForce® 940MX graphics and dual storage featuring up to a 1TB HDD with a 256GB SSD. They are equipped with up to a Full HD 1920 x 1080 display, featuring ASUS Splendid and ASUS Eye Care technologies. Both models offer comprehensive conn
2017/06/20
ASUS today announced ASUS VivoBook S15 (S510), a 15.6-inch laptop designed for those constantly on the go, featuring a 17.9mm profile and weighing just 1.5 kg. The ASUS VivoBook Series is renowned for offering outstanding value and performance, but the new VivoBook S Series pushes the boundaries to deliver levels of style and performance normally only found in higher-end laptops.
The thin and lightweight VivoBook S is the latest and most stylish model in the VivoBook Series. It has a metallic I
2017/06/16
ASUS today announced VivoBook Pro 15, a slim and lightweight 15.6-inch laptop powered by a 7th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 H-Series processor with up to 16GB DDR4 RAM, and gaming-grade NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 graphics. VivoBook Pro 15 features dual storage capability and can be specified with up to a 2TB hard disk (HDD) and 512GB solid state drive (SSD). An intelligent dual-fan cooling system with a dual-copper thermal module and heat pipes ensures the system stays cool during intense gaming se
2017/06/13
ASUS today announced the all-new ZenBook Pro (UX550), a high-performance 15.6-inch laptop that is the fastest, thinnest and lightest ZenBook Pro ever.
ZenBook Pro offers discerning professional users the ultimate combination of serious performance and supremely elegant design, harnessing the amazing power of up to a 7th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-7700HQ quad-core processor, up to gaming-grade NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 Ti graphics, the fastest PCI Express® (PCIe®) 3.0 x4 SSDs, high-speed 2400MHz
2017/06/08
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced Pugio, an ergonomic optical wired gaming mouse featuring a truly ambidextrous design with configurable side buttons. Pugio comes with exclusive push-fit switch sockets to let users vary click resistance, durable switches rated at 50 million clicks, and a gaming-grade 7200 DPI optical sensor. In addition, it features an aggressive gamer-focused design and ASUS Aura RGB lighting with ASUS Aura Sync support.
2017/06/07
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced Strix Evolve, an optical gaming mouse that offers four different ergonomic shapes via easily changeable top covers to ensure the best fit and comfort for both right- and left-handed gamers. Together with ASUS Aura RGB lighting that offers a personalized look and synchronizes with other Aura-enabled products, Strix Evolve gives gamers complete control with comfort and style.
2017/06/05
To mark World Environment Day 2017, ASUS today announced an ambitious new target of recycling 20 percent of its global electronic waste (e-waste) — a target that it intends to reach by the year 2025. Every day, harmful e-waste is put into landfills around the globe, and the World Health Organization recently warned that the improper disposal of e-waste can cause severe health and environmental damage.
2017/06/01
ASUS today announced an all-new version of ZenPad 10 (Z301ML/MFL), a premium 10.1-inch Android™ tablet that combines unique styling, incredible visuals and audio, fast performance and long battery life to create the ultimate tablet for entertainment.
2017/05/31
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced that the ROG Masters 2017 esports tournament will feature over 20 top professional teams from across the globe and offer a prize pool of US $500,000. The dual Dota 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) tournament has grown significantly in scale and ambition, and with this almost unprecedented reach, ROG Masters 2017 is set to raise the intensity of the competition and take the Dota 2 and CS:GO scene by storm.
2017/05/30
ASUS today announced that its world-leading gaming brand, Republic of Gamers (ROG), won two Best Choice and three d&i (design and innovation) awards at ceremonies held during Computex 2017. ROG Swift PG27UQ 4K 144Hz HDR gaming monitor won the Best Choice Golden Award, and the ROG Horus GK200 RGB mechanical gaming keyboard won a Best Choice Award and a Computex d&i Award. ROG Zephyrus, ROG Maximus IX Extreme and ROG GR8 II also won the Computex d&i Award.
2017/05/30
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today welcomed visitors to its Computer 2017 showcase at Taipei’s Nangang Exhibition Center, revealing its vast line-up of gaming innovations — including some never-before-seen ROG Swift HDR gaming monitors and whole new ROG Strix gaming monitor lineup, all-new X299 gaming motherboards and the latest ROG Strix gaming laptops and desktops for esports of all kinds.
2017/05/30
A new era of high-end desktops is here. Intel® just took the wraps off its long-awaited Core™ X-Series processors and accompanying X299 chipset, which bring enough horsepower and bandwidth for everything from professional content creation to hardcore gaming. Intel’s new X299 platform and accompanying Core X-Series processors raise the bar for CPU and memory performance with up to 18 cores and 128GB of quad-channel DDR4 memory. And they add bandwidth for multiple graphics cards and NVMe™ SSDs wit
2017/05/25
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced Rapture GT-AC5300, the first ROG router designed specifically for gaming.
2017/05/24
Since its release back in April, AMD’s Ryzen platform has quickly established itself as a viable option, delivering exemplary performance for daily computing and gaming. ASUS was ready for the early unveil, releasing an array of motherboards for value-packed PCs to models geared for high-end rigs. However, pressing demand for Ryzen-based systems shows a need for more options in the middle of the ASUS product stack. So today, we’re bolstering our portfolio with two new AM4 motherboards aimed squa
2017/04/03
ASUS today announced that it has been awarded nine prestigious 2017 Red Dot Design Awards for outstanding product design. The award-winning products underscore the ASUS commitment to designing and building innovative products that deliver an incredible consumer experience.
2017/04/03
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced that its world-leading gaming products won four prestigious 2017 Red Dot Design Awards.
The award-winning products include the ROG Maximus IX Extreme and ROG Maximus IX Apex gaming motherboards, the ROG Strix GL502 and GL702 gaming laptops, and a new, revolutionary ROG gaming laptop.
2017/03/09
ASUS today announced USB-AC53 Nano, the world’s smallest 802.11ac Multi-User MIMO (MU-MIMO) USB Wi-Fi adapter. With USB-AC53 Nano, users now have a plug-and-forget way to upgrade almost any laptop to super-fast dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi with speeds of up to 867Mbps on the 5GHz frequency band or 300Mbps on the 2.4GHz band.
2017/03/09
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced Maximus IX Extreme, a seriously powerful new Z270 gaming motherboard that’s expertly tooled to be totally cooled, with an integrated monoblock for water-cooled performance right out of the box.
To create this all-new water-cooling solution, ROG teamed up with Bitspower. Designed from the ground up, Maximus IX Extreme’s monoblock has flow-rate, water-leak and temperature sensors all seamlessly integrated to keep wiring and tubing complexity to a mini
2017/02/16
ASUS today announced that its first Social Return on Investment (SROI) report has been approved and certified by Social Value International, a global network specializing in social impact and value. This makes it the first consumer technology company in Asia to receive this certification, with Social Value International Senior Researcher Adam Richards scheduled to present ASUS Chief Sustainability Officer Sandy Wei with the certification in March.
2017/02/15
ASUS today announced the VivoMini VC66 Series, a range of high-performance mini PCs designed for a wide range of computing tasks for the home or office. They are powered by desktop-grade 7th Generation Intel® Core™ (Kaby Lake) processors with DDR4 RAM. They feature a triple-storage design that can accommodate one M.2 solid state drive (SSD) plus two 2.5-inch SSDs or hard disk drives (HDDs).
2017/01/18
ASUS today announced ZenBook UX430 and UX530, sophisticated, elegant and stylish thin-and-light laptops with large slim-bezel displays in an ultra-compact form factor. These exciting new models offer the productivity benefits of larger displays without the usual size and bulk penalty. They are also the thinnest-ever ZenBook models to feature high-performance discrete graphics.
2017/01/12
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced that Team izakOOO are the winners of the ROG Join the Republic Community Challenge Grand Final held at the Dreamhack Monster Studios in Stockholm, Sweden on 5th-8th January, 2017.
Team izakOOO, led by Polish pro-gamer Piotr ‘IzakOOO’ Skowyrski, were crowned champions after defeating Team Maikelele from Sweden 16-13 in the first game, and 16-8 in the second game of the Grand Final. The match-up was watched by 170,000 viewers on the ASUS ROG Twitch c
2017/01/10
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced GR8 II, a 4-liter gaming PC with full gaming desktop performance to cater to any gamer’s requirements. It is currently the world’s smallest gaming PC that is designed for VR, and has the most advanced graphics in its class with full-size custom ASUS GeForce® GTX 1060 desktop-grade graphics. It is powered by up to a 7th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 (‘Kaby Lake’) desktop-grade 65W processor and 32GB of DDR4 memory, and can run the latest AAA gaming title
2017/01/04
ASUS today announced ZenFone AR, a next-generation smartphone that represents a significant advance in mobile virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies. It is the first smartphone that will be Tango enabled and Daydream-ready. Tango is a set of sensors and computer-vision software by Google that enables smartphone augmented reality. Tango technologies add three key capabilities — Tango motion tracking, Tango depth perception, and Tango area learning — to enable smartphone augm
2017/01/04
ASUS today announced ZenFone 3 Zoom, the world’s slimmest and lightest 5.5-inch smartphone with a high-capacity 5000mAh battery and a dual-camera system that delivers photographic perfection.
2017/01/03
ASUS today announced that the ASUS G11 gaming desktop is now available with the latest 7th Generation Intel® Core™ processors. This gives G11 the processing performance required to run the latest games smoothly at the highest graphics settings. G11 can be specified with up to an NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080 graphics card, which delivers up to three times (3x) the performance of previous generation NVIDIA graphics cards. In addition, G11 features the exclusive ASUS Aegis III gaming utility for easy
2016/12/22
ASUS today announced that it has won a tender to supply the Volkswagen Group, headquartered in Germany, with 210,000 monitors over the next three years. This massive order will see ASUS provide the Volkswagen Group with 19-, 22- and 24-inch LCD monitors as it upgrades its production plants and offices worldwide.
2016/12/21
ASUS today announced at a press event in Taipei that the Mandarin edition of Zenbo — the first ASUS robot designed to provide assistance, entertainment, and companionship to families — will be available for pre-order in Taiwan from 1st January, 2017. The press event opened with a chorus of 10 Zenbo robots performing onstage, singing holiday songs for the audience.
2016/12/12
ASUS today announced Xonar U7 MKII, a high-quality USB sound card and headphone amplifier. The compact Xonar U7 MKII is an upgraded version of the acclaimed Xonar U7 and features true 7.1-channel,192kHz/24-bit high-definition (HD) surround-sound output for incredible audio performance. Xonar U7 MKII comes with ASUS Sonic Studio, a software utility with an intuitive single-screen interface that provides complete control over a wide range of audio features, and Sonic Radar Pro, a feature for gamer
2016/12/09
ASUS today announced that it will Outshine the Competition with Aura Sync, the world’s first RGB-lighting-synchronization feature that is compatible with a broad range of PC components and peripherals, from motherboards and graphics cards to keyboards and mice — including many developed by popular third-party hardware manufacturers.
2016/12/01
ASUS today announced BRT-AC828, an ultra-fast AC2600-class dual-band 802.11ac wireless router with a four-transmit, four-receive (4x4) antenna configuration.
BRT-AC828 is packed with all the networking features that are vital to growing companies, whether they are new start-ups or longer-established enterprises.
2016/11/29
ASUS has been recognized as Taiwan’s No. 1 international brand for the fourth consecutive year at the Best Taiwan Global Brands Awards 2016. Hosted by Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Interbrand, the world’s leading brand consultancy, these awards are a key indicator of how Taiwanese brands are performing on the global market. At the awards ceremony, Interbrand announced that the No. 1 company now has an estimated brand value of
US$1.748 billion.
2016/11/28
ASUS today announced that during the first half of 2016, its AiProtection network security software — an integral feature of selected ASUS routers — neutralized almost five million internet-based threats and nearly 150 million blocked attempts to visit websites with hidden security threats. This represents a daily average of approximately 1.5 attacks and risks neutralized on each AiProtection-enabled router.
2016/11/04
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced G701VI, a slim and stylish gaming laptop with overclockable NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080 graphics for incredible virtual-reality (VR) gaming performance. ROG G701VI has a wide-viewing-angle display that features
NVIDIA G-SYNC™ technology and an ultra-fast 120Hz refresh rate for smooth and fast gaming visuals. It also has an anti-ghosting keyboard with 30-key rollover technology for total gaming control.
2016/11/01
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced the sixth and final leg of the ROG Join the Republic Community Challenge at PAX Australia, which will be held from 4th-6th November, 2016. The challenge features eight Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
(CS:GO) teams, each helmed by some of the biggest names in gaming and eSports
For two intense days, visitors to the ASUS ROG booth at PAX Australia can challenge each other and pro-gamer Chad ‘SPUNJ’ Burchill in a series of unique Counter-Strike: Gl
2016/10/28
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced the second and final round of ROG OC Showdown Formula Series, and RealBench Challenge III and Challenge IV.
ROG OC Showdown Formula Series Round 2 opens for entries on 28th October, 2016 and runs through to 28th November, 2016; RealBench Challenge III and IV will start respectively on 28th October and 25th November, with each Challenge running for 11 days.
Both competitions are open to overclockers that use air- or water-cooled systems.
2016/10/18
ASUS today announced the Republic of Gamers (ROG) Strix GeForce® GTX 1050 Ti and Strix GeForce GTX 1050, all-new gaming graphics cards powered by the NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and GeForce GTX 1050 graphics processing units (GPUs) that deliver ultra-fast performance, advanced cooling and reliability, and ASUS Aura Sync technology for personalized styling.
Also announced were the ASUS Expedition, Dual, and Phoenix series, three all-new graphics cards series powered by the latest NVIDIA GeForce