AST Research, Inc. was a personal computer manufacturer, founded in Irvine, California in 1980. AST's original business was the manufacture and marketing of a broad range of microcomputer expansion cards, later focusing on higher-density replacements for IBM's standard I/O cards in the IBM PC. A typical AST card of the mid-1980s would have two RS-232 serial ports, a parallel printer port, a battery-backed clock/calendar (the original IBM PC did not have one), perhaps a bus mouse port, and 384 KB of DRAM (added to the 256 KB on the motherboard to reach the full complement of 640 KB). Image File history File links AST_logotype. ... Location Location of Irvine within Orange County, California. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Big Blue redirects here. ... IBM PC (IBM 5150) with keyboard and green screen monochrome monitor (IBM 5151), running MS-DOS 5. ... RS-232 (also referred to as EIA RS-232C or V.24) is a standard for serial binary data interchange between a DTE (Data terminal equipment) and a DCE (Data communication equipment). ... A bus mouse is a variety of PC mouse which is attached to the computer using a specialized interface (originally, the Microsoft InPort interface developed for Microsofts original mouse product). ... Dram can mean several things: For the imperial unit of volume see dram (unit), commonly used to describe a measure of Scotch whisky For the imperial unit of weight or mass see avoirdupois and apothecaries system (of mass) For the Armenian monetary unit see dram (currency) DRAM is a type...

As PC manufacturers improved the integration of peripheral controllers on their motherboards, AST's original business began to dry up, and the company developed its own line of PCs, for the desktop, mobile, and server markets. The company was named after the first initials of its founders, Albert Wong, Safi Qureshey and Thomas Yuen. One of the first PCs from IBM - the IBM PC model 5150. ... An old Octek Jaguar V main board with an AMD 386DX-40 processor. ... Desktop computer with several common peripherals (Monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, microphone and a printer) A desktop computer is an independent personal computer that is made especially for use on a desk in an office or home. ... Mobile has several different meanings. ... In information technology, a server is a computer system that provides services to other computing systems—called clients—over a network. ... Mr. ... Found the other I.T. company SRS Labs Inc. ...

In 1991 AST became a Fortune 500 company. The Fortune 500 is a ranking of the top 500 United States corporations as measured by gross revenue. ...

AST Research was acquired by Samsung on August 11, 1997. In January 1999, the name and intellectual property were acquired by a new company named AST Computers, LLC. Samsung Group is one of the largest South Korean business groupings. ... In law, intellectual property (IP) is an umbrella term for various legal entitlements which attach to certain types of information, ideas, or other intangibles in their expressed form. ...

Etymology

AST was named for its three founders: Albert Wong, Safi Qureshey, and Thomas Yuen. Mr. ... Found the other I.T. company SRS Labs Inc. ...

AST Computers, LLC

AST Computers, LLC was a private company founded in 1999 when Beny Alagem, founder of Packard Bell Electronics, bought the name and intellectual property of AST Research, Inc. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Beny Alagem (born 1953) was a former Israeli tank driver and the founder of Packard Bell Electronics, a leading American computer manufacturer during the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... Current corporate logo Packard Bell (PB) was an American radio manufacturer, founded in 1933, in Los Angeles, that later became a defense contractor and manufacturer of other consumer electronics, such as television sets. ... In law, intellectual property (IP) is an umbrella term for various legal entitlements which attach to certain types of information, ideas, or other intangibles in their expressed form. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with AST Computers, LLC. (Discuss) AST Research, Inc. ...

AST Computers disappeared from the market in 2001. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...