Sydney, Australia, March 11, 2009 – ASUS, leading producer of motherboards, has unveiled its new Marine Cool concept motherboard. A progressive motherboard, the Marine Cool features the revolutionary Ceramic-Metal Thermal Module that utilises ceramics and metals. Cooling efficiency is doubled allowing the Marine Cool to work in severe environments such as high humidity and heat.
Clad in gun-metal gray with metallic military-green highlights, plus a heatsink styled after a rugged armed forces vehicle, symbolises the Marine Cool’s strength and stability. In addition to the innovative use of ceramics and metals, the Marine cool has a metal heatpipe module on the front that provides exceptional heat transference. Located on the back and set flush with the PCB, the Ceramic Backplate makes full use of a micro-porous ceramic technology to provide a larger surface area. These enhanced technologies integrated with revolutionary design are able to improve thermal efficiency twofold.
The Marine Cool is also equipped with Onboard UPS – a built-in polymer battery that serves as an extra backup power supply which activates if there is a power failure. This helps prevent damage to onboard components, as well as avoid loss of critical files and data corruption during unexpected blackouts when power is inconsistent and fluctuates.
Furthermore, the server-standard Failover Memory design on the Marine Cool uses a built-in memory to help continue system boot-up in the event of errors to add-on memory. When the PC is switched on, Failover Memory guarantees that the system will boot, regardless of incompatible or faulty memory.
About ASUS
ASUS is a leading company in the new digital era. With a global staff of more than ten thousand and a world-class R&D design team, the company’s revenue for 2008 was 8.1 billion US dollars. ASUS ranks among the top 10 IT companies in BusinessWeek’s “InfoTech 100”, and has been on the listing for 11 consecutive years. ASUS was also selected by the Wall Street Journal Asia as No.1 in quality and service. For more information, visit www.asus.com.au.