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ASUSTeK Computer Inc., commonly called ASUS(eh'zeus), is a Taiwan-based company which produces computer components such as motherboards, graphics cards, and notebooks. ASUS has recently begun producing Personal digital assistant|PDAs, cellular phones, LCD monitors, and other computer-related products. ASUS rebrands Pioneer_(company) | Pioneer optical drives and resells them with minor modifications. Its main competitors include Micro-Star International|MSI, Gigabyte (company)|Gigabyte and other motherboard manufacturers from Taiwan.

ASUS currently sells more motherboards than any other company, reaching 30 million in 2004. This number, however, includes rebranding contracts. ASUS also produces a variety of components for other corporations, including Sony's PS2|PlayStation 2 video game console and Apple Computer's IPod|iPods, Ipod_shuffle|iPod Shuffles, iBook|iBook G4s, among others. ASUS has been known to supply high performance and server parts to companies such as Alienware and Falcon Northwest.

ASUS is popular with system builders, having gained a reputation for stable, performance components. ASUS has been known to produce motherboards which are suitable for overclocking which is popular among hardcore PC gamers.

Asus was orignally called pegasus, but when it expanded globally copyrighted name of the same from other countries forced them to change.

Last Modified:   2005-11-04