Taipei, Taiwan, October 30, 2000 - World leading motherboard manufacturer, ASUS ® , introduces its first DDR SDRAM motherboard, the ASUS ® A7M266. The ASUS ® A7M266 unleashes the true power of Socket A AMD Athlon/Duron processors taking advantage of the high memory bandwidth provided by 266 MHz bus speeds and PC1600/PC2100 DDR SDRAM. The ATX motherboard supports AMD Socket A processors beyond 1.1GHz and is perfect for high performance desktop systems, workstations and servers. The ASUS ® A7M266 chipset consists of the AMD 761 North Bridge and VIA VT82C686B South Bridge, and is packed full of the most advanced high-performance features.

"ASUS ® is extremely proud to uphold our technology leading position by introducing AMD DDR technology into the mainstream market," says Jonathan Tsang, VP of ASUS Sales and Marketing. "The ASUS ® A7M266 and DDR SDRAM represents an evolutionary step for high-performance at a minimum price premium".

The ASUS ® A7M266 takes the AMD Athlon/Duron processors to new levels of performance with DDR SDRAM support. Supporting up to 2 GB of DDR SDRAM, the ASUS ® A7M266 enables higher bus speeds, bandwidth and system performance. A 3COM ® 10/100Mbps Ethernet controller is integrated on to the motherboard to allow high quality LAN capabilities while optional 6-channel hardware audio is provided via an additional C-Media ® chip. In addition, the ASUS ® A7M266 supports the most current technology standards by including an AGP Pro slot for AGP Pro, AGP4X, AGP2X cards and a backwards compatible ATA-100 interface for ATA-33, ATA-66, and ATA-100 hard drive devices.

With the A7M266, ASUS ® continues to lead the industry with innovative motherboard designs. ASUS ® ’ A7M266 offers overclocking bus speeds of up to 360MHz (180 x 2) which can be effortlessly achieved either through Jumperfree™ Mode or manually with dip switches. Expandability features include 5 PCI slots, 4 USB ports, an AMR slot, support of up to 2GB of DDR SDRAM and more. Other features such as wake on LAN, wake on ring, hardware monitoring ASUS ® iPanel support, and an excellent software utility bundle combine to make this one of the most feature packed motherboards on the market.

The ASUS ® A7M266 will be shipping in quantity in Q4 2000. For more details or visit http://www.asus.com.

Established in 1989, ASUSTeK Computer Inc. (TSE:2357) is the industry-leading provider of advanced motherboard, notebook, VGA card, server, broadband modem, and DVD-ROM/CD-ROM solutions. With annuals sales of over 1 Billion USD and world-class engineering, ASUS® is unrivaled in terms of quality and awards. Company highlights include Businessweek awards of consecutive rankings in the "Top 100 InfoTech Companies" in 1998 and 1999, as well as being named the "8th Most Profitable Company" in 1999. In 2000 ASUS® was also ranked the No.1 company in Taiwan in Global Views Monthly’s "Info Tech 2000".

ASUS® is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan and has global sales offices in the United States, Germany and China. Additional information can be found at the company website http://www.asus.com.