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for Aspire Park, Acer's multifunction high-tech
intelligence park
1998
• Acer was the official IT Sponsor of the 13th
Asian Games in Bangkok, introducing the
world's rst PC-based management system for a
major international sporting event
1999
• Aspire Academy was set up in Aspire Park to
help managers of Asian firms and MNCs with
offices in Asia to improve their organizational
and leadership effectiveness
2000
• As part of Acer’s latest re-engineering,
Acer split off its OEM business unit to create
Wistron Corp., an independent design and IT
manufacturing company
2001
• Acer adopted a new corporate identity to reect
the company's commitment to enhancing
people's lives through technology
• Acer revealed a new generation of e-business:
MegaMicro e-Enabling Services
2002
• The new Acer Aspire was launched, bringing
fresh standards to the global home-PC arena
• The Product Value Labs were inaugurated
to enhance Acer's customer-centric focus,
and integrated technologies that add value to
customers' lives
Instruments was formed
• Acer initiated the Aspire Park project, based
on the idea of providing housing for Acer
employees
1991
• Acer introduced ChipUpTM technology－the
world's rst 386-to-486 single-chip CPU upgrade
solution
1992
• Acer created the world's rst 386SX-33 chipset
• Stan Shih introduced the Smiling Curve concept
• Acer initiated its rst corporate re-engineering
1993
• Acer developed a 64-bit performance-enhanced
I/O and CPU architecture to link MIPS RISC
CPUs with Microsoft R Windows R NT
1994
• Acer introduced the world's first dual Intel R
Pentium R PC
1995
• The popular Aspire multimedia PC brought
Acer closer to the consumer electronics market
1996
• Acer announced its commitment to providing
fresh technology to be enjoyed by everyone,
everywhere
1997
• Official groundbreaking ceremony was held