Vendors of consumer ICs are struggling against the bleakest-ever market sales, but those affiliated with major business groups or having good supply chain partners would more likely stay undefeated amid the headwinds, according to supply chain sources.

Acer, facing the worsening global economy, is mainly pushing three strategies for the Pan Asia Pacific region – focusing on the gaming and enterprise sectors, promoting the Vero series eco-friendly products, and pushing subsidiaries’ businesses, according to company president of Pan Asia Pacific Andrew Hou.

Industrial motherboard, POS (point of sale) device and kiosk maker Ennoconn has reported third-quarter 2022 consolidated revenues of NT$32.161 billion (US$1.02 billion) and net profit of NT$652 million, both hitting quarterly records.

China’s top cloud service provider Alibaba Cloud (AliCloud) has recently announced that its self-developed cloud-native processor Yitian 710 has entered large-scale commercial applications. As the first homegrown cloud CPU, it marks a new milestone in the country’s development of cloud computing chips and technology.