Acer Inc.

(/ˈeɪsər/ AY-sər; Chinese: 宏碁股份有限公司; pinyin: Hóngjī Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī,

lit. Hongji Corporation Ltd.; commonly known as Acer and stylized as acer) is

a Taiwanese multinational hardware and electronics corporation, specializing in advanced

electronics technology, headquartered in Xizhi, New Taipei City, Taiwan. Acer's products

include desktop PCs, laptop PCs (clamshells, 2-in-

1s, convertibles and Chromebooks), tablets, servers, storage devices, virtual reality devices,

displays, smartphones and peripherals.

Acer also sells gaming PCs and accessories under its Predator brand. 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.[3] In 2015,

Acer was the sixth-largest personal computer vendor in the world.[4] 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.[5]