Acer Inc.
Acer Inc. (/ˈeɪsər/; AY-sər) is a Taiwanese multinational hardware and electronics corporation specializing in advanced electronics technology, headquartered in Xizhi, New Taipei City. Its products include desktop PCs, laptop PCs (clamshells, 2-in-1s, convertibles and Chromebooks), tablets, servers, storage devices, virtual reality devices, displays, smartphones and peripherals, as well as gaming PCs and accessories under its Predator brand. Acer is the world's 6th-largest PC vendor by unit sales as of September 2022.
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Native name | 宏碁股份有限公司 |
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Romanized name | Hóngqí Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī |
| Formerly | Multitech (1976–1987) |
| Company type | Public |
| TWSE: 2353 | |
| Industry | Electronics |
| Founded | 1 August 1976 |
| Founders | Stan Shih Carolyn Yeh Lemuel Girma |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Revenue | NT$277.1 billion (2020) |
| NT$8.9 billion (2020) | |
| NT$6.1 billion (2020) | |
| Total assets | NT$183.9 billion (2020) |
| Total equity | NT$61.9 billion (2020) |
Number of employees | 7,725 (2022) |
| Subsidiaries | Gateway, Inc. Packard Bell eMachines (now-defunct) Escom (now-defunct) |
| Website | www |
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| Traditional Chinese | 宏碁股份有限公司 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 宏碁股份有限公司 | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Hongqi Corporation Ltd | ||||||||||||
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In the early 2000s, Acer implemented a new business model, shifting from a manufacturer to a designer, marketer, and distributor of products, while performing production processes via contract manufacturers. Currently, in addition to its core IT products business, Acer also has a new business entity that focuses on the integration of cloud services and platforms, and the development of smartphones and wearable devices with value-added IoT applications.