AST Research
AST Research, Inc., later doing business as AST Computer, was a personal computer manufacturer. It was founded in 1980 in Irvine, California, by Albert Wong, Safi Qureshey, and Thomas Yuen, as an initialism of their first names. In the 1980s, AST designed add-on expansion cards, and evolved toward the 1990s into a major personal computer manufacturer. AST was acquired by Samsung Electronics in 1997 but was de facto closed in 1999 due to a series of losses.
Former headquarters in Irvine, now occupied by Blizzard Entertainment | |
| AST Computer | |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Founded | July 25, 1980, in Irvine, California, United States |
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| Defunct | February 28, 2001 |
| Fate | Dissolved |
| Headquarters | Irvine, California, United States |
| Parent | Samsung Electronics (1997–2001) |
| Website | ast.com (archived) |
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