ASUS Establishes First Overseas International Headquarters in Singapore Friendly Foreign Investment Policies and Talented Workforce to Streamline ASUS’ Business Infrastructure Singapore; April 6, 2006 – ASUSTeK Computer Inc.(ASUS), the world’s top maker of motherboards and graphics cards and the fourth largest notebook PC manufacturer, recently established ASUS Technology Pte Ltd. (ASTP) in Singapore as its first overseas international headquarters. ASTP will serve as ASUS’ business center for sales, marketing, customer service, procurement and finance. “Singapore has always been friendly towards foreign investors, and has a reputation for being able to provide high levels of innovative services, and has a wealth of high skilled resources. The economic policy is consistent and business infrastructure is very well developed, safe and reliable.” said Jonathan Tsang, President of ASUS Sales and Marketing Headquarters and Chairman of ASTP. Besides offering one of the world’s best-developed business environments, Singapore is also the most internationalized city in Asia-Pacific Region. The new operation is expected to improve its global infrastructure. Another important factor for ASUS’ decision to site its overseas headquarters in Singapore is the nation’s support in the development of Research and Development. ASUS Technology has plans to house a team of research and development engineers in the near future. The team will be responsible for research, design and development of core features that will become part of the company’s global product portfolio. Through the establishment of a new R&D team in, we hope to create superlative solutions for our worldwide customers and consumers. In addition, there are also plans for industrial design activities in Singapore. ASUS, a perennial winner of world-renowned design competitions (Germany’s Red Dot and Industrie Forum and Japan’s G-Mark), takes pride in creating solutions that are not only fun to use but a pleasure to look at as well. In addition to its strong commitment to industrial design, Singapore is a melting pot of top designers from all over the world as well. Establishing a stronger presence here allows ASUS to mine the great design talents available, which will enable the company to build cutting-edge products that are truly cross-cultural. “Singapore’s high-quality education system has nurtured a talented workforce,” said Benson Lin, President of ASUS Asia-Pacific Business and ASTP. “Choosing to locate this center in Singapore illustrates not only our confidence in Singapore but the quality and depth of skills and knowledge of the Singapore workforce.” About ASUS Ranks in Business Week InfoTech 100 for the 8th straight year, ASUSTeK Computer Inc. (TSE:2357) is a leading provider of 3C total solutions. Its product portfolio includes notebooks, motherboards, graphics cards, optical drives, information appliances, desktop PCs, servers, wireless solutions, mobile phones and networking devices. With strong engineering capability, ASUSTeK won 1706 awards in 2005, translating to more than 4 awards per day. The company is the perennial leader of the motherboard and graphics card industries and a top 4 maker globally for notebooks. Press release issued by Ms Stephanie Lee, Marketing Specialist, ASUS Technology Pte Ltd. For more information, please contact +65-6622-8879 or +65-82014509 or email Stephanie_lee@asus.com.tw