# 2002: Forms subsidiary ASRock.
# September/October 2003: debuts in the cellphone market with the J100 model.
# 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.(subscription required)
# 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 thickness is 19 mm only.