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Aside from the 100% owned subsidiary, our Company preferably does not loan and
provide corporate guarantee to others. The Company complies all the internal
procedures whenever it is necessary to make loan or grant corporate guarantee to other
third parties. Until Dec. 31, 2006, our Company had granted corporate guarantees of
NT $7,467 million and the usage was NT $2,844 million. LTSC is the mainly firm
that the Company grants guarantee for the entity that is not 100% owned. Until the
Dec. 31, 2006, the usage of corporate guarantee granting LTSC was NT $308 million.
The Company ideally does not engage any derivatives trading except for hedging.
The Company complies all the internal procedures whenever it is necessary to engage
such trading.
7.2.3 What are Company’s Future Plans and Estimated R&D Expenditures?
Future Plan Current Status Expenditure
Estimated
Completion
Date
Key Success Factor
Acer VCM v2.5 Product design &
test stage USD$200K Aug./2007 High resolution & high frame rate video
chat program
Empower Power
Management
3nd program
Product design and
planning USD$150K Dec./2007 2nd advanced power management
program
Empower Security
Management
1st generation
Product design and
planning USD$150K Dec./2007 Integration for security devices
Empower Scenario
Management
1st generation
Product design and
planning USD$150K Dec./2007
3rd advanced power management
program and 2nd advanced network
management program
Empowering Framework
V3 Product design USD$150K Dec./2007 Dynamic 3D UI programming
Acer eSettings
Management V3 Product design USD$200K Dec./2007 More generic data acquisition
architecture.
Acer eLock
Management V3 Product design USD$150K Dec./2007 Driver development and system
stability
Acer eCare Management
V3 Product design USD$300K Oct./2007 Security, authentication transport
component design.
Acer eRecovery
Management V3 Product design USD$200K Dec./2007 Backup/restore efficiency and
robustness.
UMD Project – The
next generation of Ultra
Mobile Device
Product design
stage US$5M Dec./2007
1. The maturity of the network
infrastructures including Wifi,
WiMax and 3G.
2. The proficiency of user’s behavior.
Develop Nice TV
Technology
Product design &
test stage US$2M May./2008
1. The benefits of enhancing customers’
visual/auditory experiences and the
acceptance levels
2. More video/audio caring interactive
features with adaptive tuning.