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3.1.2 Research Development Status
Expenditures on Research and Development in the Most Recent Two Years until March
31, 2006
Year R&D Expenditures
(Thousand NT$)
As Out of the Total Revenue
(%)
2004 335,609 0.26
2005 162,906 0.08
2006 (Until March
31) 26,795 0.05
Note: The expenditures include the expenditures incurred by Product Value Lab (NT$
280,646,000 in year 2004, and NT$ 113,355,000 in year 2005, and NT$ 0 in first
quarter of year 2006)
(1) Major Project Result until April 30, 2006:
Product Category Technology or Product or Service
Desktop Computers Develop Acer eAcoustic, eSettings, ePerformance,
eDataSecurity, eLock, eRecovery management
Desktop Computers Develop Viiv-compliant digital home PC:
Aspire E650
Desktop Computers Develop digital home PC for living room :
Aspire L200, L250
N
otebook Computers
Develop on-click Acer Video Conference solution featuring
integrated Acer OrbiCam and optional Acer Bluetooth VoIP
phone. Acer OrbiCam offers 225-degree ergonomic rotation for
convenient visual captures on both sides of notebook screens,
VisageON face tracking technology always centers objects of the
image, and enhanced PrimaLite technology presents wider visual
capture with natural skin tones. Acer Bluetooth® VoIP phone,
also the first VoIP interface optimized with Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
technology designed in compact PCMCIA size. Mobile users
simply accept Video Conference invitation from popular IM
(Instant Messenger) utilities with a single click without
undergoing complex setups and specially featured echo
cancellation and noise suppression lets mobile users enjoy the
clearest audio communication in handheld or hands-free mode
up to three meters.
N
otebook Computers
First to market multimedia notebooks with world-standard
digital (DVB-T)/analog hybrid TV-tuner design empowers
end-users to watch live TV anytime, anywhere. Supporting
intuitive Acer Arcade multimedia portal — freeing users to
watch TV, listening to MP3 songs, playing DVD movies,
browsing photos, ripping music or editing videos. A truly
sensational media center to offer mobile users ultimate
multimedia enjoyment.