# Acer

> Acer is a 50-year-old Taiwanese computer maker that designs and sells laptops, desktops, monitors, and gaming gear in 160-plus countries while outsourcing the actual factories. Once known mainly for affordable machines, it now runs the Predator gaming brand, a growing line of recycled-plastic Vero laptops, glasses-free 3D SpatialLabs screens, and a push into AI PCs - and roughly 28% of its revenue no longer comes from PCs or displays at all.

- **Founded:** 1976
- **Headquarters:** New Taipei City, Taiwan
- **Founders:** Stan Shih (Co-founder (former Chairman & CEO)), Carolyn Yeh (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** Approximately 9,000 employees (Acer Inc., December 2024)
- **Products:** Aspire, Predator, Nitro, Swift, TravelMate
- **Notable:** World's sixth-largest PC vendor, operating in more than 160 countries, Pioneered the brand-versus-factory split in Taiwan tech by spinning off Wistron in 2000, Acquired Gateway (with Packard Bell and eMachines) in 2007 to reach the global top tier

## Products & services

- **Aspire** — Mainstream consumer laptops and desktops for everyday computing; the line that made Acer a household name.
- **Predator** — Premium gaming brand spanning Helios and Triton laptops, Orion desktops, gaming monitors, chairs and peripherals, plus the Predator League esports tournaments.
- **Nitro** — Mid-range gaming laptops, desktops and monitors positioned below Predator.
- **Swift** — Thin-and-light ultraportable laptops, refreshed as AI-ready Copilot+ machines.
- **TravelMate** — Commercial and business laptops built for IT-managed fleets.
- **ConceptD** — Pantone-validated laptops, desktops and monitors aimed at creators and 3D designers.
- **Chromebook / Chromebook Plus** — Chrome OS laptops, including the premium Chromebook Plus tier with Google AI built in and GeForce NOW cloud gaming.
- **Vero** — Eco product line using post-consumer recycled plastic and recycled-paper packaging; the first product under the Earthion platform.
- **SpatialLabs** — Glasses-free stereoscopic 3D display technology for creators, gamers and vertical applications.
- **Altos** — Servers and enterprise computing solutions for business and data workloads.
- **eKinekt BD 3** — A bike desk that generates up to 75 watts of electricity as you pedal, built partly from recycled plastic.
- **FreeSense & AI Transbuds** — A biometric smart ring and earbuds that translate 15 languages in real time, unveiled in 2025.

## Achievements

- World's sixth-largest PC vendor, operating in more than 160 countries
- Pioneered the brand-versus-factory split in Taiwan tech by spinning off Wistron in 2000
- Acquired Gateway (with Packard Bell and eMachines) in 2007 to reach the global top tier
- Multiple 2024 iF Design Awards, including for Swift Go AI laptops, the eKinekt bike desk and eco packaging
- Joined RE100 with a commitment to 100% renewable energy by 2035; met its 2020 carbon-reduction target
- Showed the first laptop with a graphene thermal interface (Predator Triton, CES 2025)

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — At Computex 2025 Acer unveiled new Aspire 14/16 AI Copilot+ PCs aimed at students, a 500Hz OLED gaming monitor, the FreeSense biometric smart ring and AI Transbuds translation earbuds.
- **2025-01** — At CES 2025 Acer launched Copilot+ PCs across Aspire and Swift lines and the Predator Triton 14 AI, billed as the first laptop with a graphene thermal interface material.
- **2024-12** — Reported preliminary FY2024 group revenue of NT$264.7 billion, up 9.7% year over year, with non-PC/display businesses contributing about 28.3% of the total.
- **2024-01** — Won multiple 2024 iF Design Awards for AI laptops, the Predator gaming line, the eKinekt bike desk and recycled packaging.

## Links

- Website: https://www.acer.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/acer
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/acer
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Acer
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/acer/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Acer/

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