improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message a major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . august 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message asrock inc. passion for innovation native name type public company traded as twse 3515 industry it industry founded 2002 ; 14 years ago 2002 2002 spun off from asustek computer headquarters taipei taiwan key people chairman of the board ted hsu general manager sterling wu chief operating officer ll shiu products motherboards htpc server ipc revenue nt 10.361 billion 329.5 million 2013 1 operating income nt 1 154.4 million 36.7 million 2013 1 net income nt 1 061.4 million 33.8 million 2013 1 owner pegatron number of employees 324 website www.asrock.com asrock inc. chinese is a manufacturer of motherboards industrial pcs and home theater pcs htpc based in taiwan . it is led by ted hsu was founded in 2002 and is currently owned by pegatron . contents 1 history 2 products and service 3 market coverage 4 market share overview 5 reception 6 see also 7 references 8 external links history edit asrock inc. is a taiwan based electronics manufacturer which focuses on the development of motherboards industrial pcs and htpcs . asrock was originally spun off from asus in 2002 in order to compete with companies like foxconn for the commodity oem market . since then asrock has also gained momentum in the diy sector and plans for moving the company upstream began in 2007 following a successful ipo on the taiwan stock exchange . 2 in 2010 it became part of pegatron . 3 asrock currently produces consumer server workstation and htpc motherboards . asrock has distributors in over 90 countries around the world and branches in europe us and china . asrock established itself as a server motherboard affiliate in april 2013 having received orders from 10 mid size clients for server and industrial pc motherboards and forming partnerships with system integrators . 4 asrock is the world s third largest motherboard manufacturer 5 having cooperated with johnathan fatal1ty wendel 12 times fps world games championship record holder in the development of a gaming oriented enthusiast motherboard in 2011 . additionally in early 2012 asrock enlisted the help of hwbot world overclocking champion nick shih . 6 products and service edit an asrock g31m s brand motherboard besides motherboards asrock also sells desktop minicomputers . three asrock products were short listed for the 2012 taiwan brand award for the first time and then became endorsed products of the external trade development council when they were promoting the quality image of taiwan brands globally . in 2012 asrock stepped into the industrial pc and server motherboard market . citation needed market coverage edit asrock is the world s top 3 motherboard brand and the distribution channels cover electronics stores pc stores gadget retailers and online shops . major sales regions in 2011 included europe for 37.68 % central and south america accounted for 21.13 % asia pacific region accounted for 40.95 % and other markets accounted for only 0.24 % . as a whole asrock accounted for a large proportion of sales in asia and europe in terms of overall performance . citation needed the top 3 motherboard brand korea asrock is the no. 1 brand according to the korea motherboard market share analysis in june 2012 61 % market share . 7 japan asrock ranked no. 2 in japan . 8 market share overview edit according to the annual report for digitimes 2011 asrock has been growing very fast in the past few years . asrock has been one of the top 3 motherboard brands for 2 consecutive years . taiwan based branded motherboards shipments 2011 2012 m units company 2011 shipments 2012 shipments asustek 23.2 22.2 gigabyte 17 18.5 19 asrock 7.8 8 msi 7 6 biostar 5 4.5 ecs 5 4.5 note msi and ecs oem shipments are not included in the figures . source companies and market watchers compiled by digitimes november 2012 9 reception edit asrock received a tom s hardware 2012 recommended buy award for their x79 extreme4 motherboard 10 and also won the xbit labs 2012 editor recommended award with z77 extreme4 . 11 furthermore asrock z68 extreme7 gen3 fatal1ty z68 professional gen3 and the mini pc series was awarded three 2011 taiwan brand awards . 12 see also edit taiwan portal companies portal list of companies of taiwan asus biostar elitegroup computer systems ecs gigabyte technology micro star international msi references edit a b c financial statements for asrock inc 3515 . bloomberg business . retrieved 1 march 2015 . asrock shares soar in big board debut . taipei times . 9 november 2007 . retrieved 18 june 2009 . asus to gradually reduce holdings in pegatron technology . legit reviews . 29 march 2012 . retrieved 27 september 2013 . asrock to supply server motherboards to alibaba . digitimes . 16 march 2015 . archived from the original on 16 march 2015 . asrock becomes world s third largest maker of mainboards . x bit labs . 30 january 2011 . retrieved 22 november 2013 . about asrock . asrock . retrieved 23 january 2013 . mb recommended june mainboard top rank trend is ivy bridge . danawa . 1 june 2012 . retrieved 24 june 2013 . motherboard mail order price comparison . kakaku . retrieved 24 june 2013 . gigabyte to achieve growth in 2012 motherboard and graphics card shipments . digitimes . 13 november 2012 . retrieved 24 june 2013 . system builder marathon august 2012 . tom s hardware . 21 august 2012 . retrieved 16 february 2013 . two lga 1155 mainboards from asrock reviewed asrock z77 extreme4 and asrock z77 extreme6 . x bit labs . 6 june 2012 . retrieved 16 february 2013 . asrock products won the taiwan excellence award for the first time that the full award finalists . asrock . retrieved 21 january 2013 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to asrock . official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title asrock & oldid 744177615 categories manufacturing companies established in 2002computer hardware companiesmotherboard companiestaiwanese brandselectronics companies of taiwancomputer enclosure companiescompanies based in taipei2002 establishments in taiwanhidden categories articles needing additional references from september 2012all articles needing additional referenceswikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from august 2012pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersarticles containing traditional 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