cnPOSTBy Wesley Liu

Acer’s (2353-TW) money-making subsidiaries reported a positive first quarter. Acer Cyber Security (ACSI) (6690-TW) announced a record quarterly operating result, benefiting from growing demand in the information security market and the merger and acquisition effect. Weblink International Inc. (6776-TW) also achieved a new quarterly gross profit margin in its first quarter. Acer Synergy Tech Corp. (6751-TW) announced that it would spend NT$100 million on a strategic investment in Sunrise Engineering.

As life goes back to normal and countries try to coexist with the virus, the demand for work from the home economy brought by the pandemic has gradually cooled, market research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) remarked on Tuesday (May 3). Global tablet PC shipments reached 38.4 million units in the first quarter, better than the pre-epidemic level, but down 3.9% year-on-year, highlighting the gradual slowdown in growth.

Wiwynn Corp. (6669-TW) set another record-high operation income last year. The leading cloud server manufacturer believes that the new post-epidemic normal will continue to boost the demand for digital transformation, which will drive the continued growth of the cloud data center industry in the future. Future applications include 5G, edge computing, AI, big data, metaverse and other related applications. According to the Wiwynn Corp.