Archive for May, 2009

Cypress PSoC CapSense solution chosen by Acer

Friday, May 29th, 2009
Cypress recently announced, Acer( Acer battery), respectively, in Asia and the Americas for its latest Aspire 4935G/4937G new Aspire 8935/5935 laptop and chose the Cypress PSoC CapSense touch sensing solution. Acer’s new notebook features a full set of media can be a miniature 32-QFN package, a single CapSense device to be controlled, which control a single chip with all the necessary features and technology are other similar solutions are not achievable.

CapSense programmable framework will enable Acer to design innovative media console, and CapSense device using the same for different models of market and product customization for customers. This is not only shortened the design time, but also reduce inventory requirements. To micro-32-QFN package, the device will be able to manage a single button 7, a five-slip and 14 LED, which makes Acer can fully optimize the use of space on the board. Similarly CapSense solution allows designers to work in the development of the relevant amendments to the final stage to increase the features, and beyond the capacitive touch interface control more features - all these features are other solutions for capacitive sensors can not be achieved by the .

Cypress User Interface business Dhwani Vyas, vice president, said: “This is our
Won a leading supplier of notebook computers favored the design of another major. Acer last year chose the CapSense solution. This year, Acer has developed a more positive design objectives, and once again become the best CapSense solution. Our new computer technology is increasingly becoming the preferred user interface, which at the same time promote our forward momentum. ”

Acer notebook product management director Johnny Shyy, said: “We are very pleased to Cypress to a single chip micro-package that we have achieved a large number of highly competitive characteristics. So Aspire notebook competition from similar products that stand out the key one of the factors in its intuitive, laptop battery , stylish user interface. The Cypress CapSense solution is the realization of the main driving force behind this success. “

Acer notebook sales will advance beyond the Hewlett-Packard

Friday, May 29th, 2009
Acer chairman JT Wang has said that the Internet and low-cost, driven by notebook computers, Acer will be ahead of schedule “beyond 2011 Hewlett-Packard became the first major notebook computer manufacturers,” the goal.

According to foreign media reported that Wang said, “our competitors in the Internet not take the initiative in this market, and now, we are a market leader in notebook rivals 6-9 months, so we are expected to become the first major notebook computer manufacturers will be will advance. “Wang did not disclose his Acer laptop is expected to more than HP time sales.

Acer last year’s sales of 500 million online this is the Internet’s largest manufacturers. Acer announced last month Timeline notebook computers, to provide 8-hour laptop battery life, hoping to narrow the gap with Hewlett-Packard.

Wang said that Acer expects sales this year from 12 million to 15 million Taiwan Internet of the Aspire One, 7-1000000 Taiwan notebook Timeline. Acer notebook sales this year will be 2 million units last year, based on the growth of 35%.

Market research firm Gartner shows that the fourth quarter of last year, Hewlett-Packard notebook computers for the 21% market share, Acer and Dell were 18.9% and 12.7%; the Acer and Asustek Internet for the market share of 32.4 percent, respectively, and 26.7%.

Internet survey, said the first quarter notebook sales accounted for nearly 20%

Friday, May 29th, 2009
Market research firm DisplaySearch, said Wednesday first quarter of this year the Internet the world’s notebook sales accounted for nearly one-fifth.

DisplaySearch said the first quarter of Internet sales for the nearly 600 million units to 30.5% Acer trick won market share. Internet sales of the Acer is its closest competitor - ASUS twice.

DisplaySearch said that the Internet in Latin America, North America, Asia (excluding Japan and China), as well as Europe, the Middle East and Africa (hereinafter referred to as “EMEA”) sales of the most popular areas. EMEA accounted for the sales of Internet access for about 45%, 26% in North America. Telecommunications companies to provide subsidies to boost the sales of the European Internet.

EMEA notebook market share of 38% market share in North America less than 30%. HP Notebook sales more than 7.3 million units, a market share of 24.1%. Acer to 18.8 percent market share over Dell to become the second largest notebook manufacturers, Toshiba, Lenovo are third and fourth respectively. DisplaySearch said that, in addition to Acer, the Internet present in the other four major notebook PC manufacturers in the proportion of sales are less than 10%.

John Jacobs, DisplaySearch analyst (John Jacobs) said in a statement that, at present, in the PC market of the Internet plays an important role. If it is not the Internet of the first quarter this year, notebook sales will decline 19 percent, rather than 3%. Market research companies Gartner and IDC also believes that online sales of the pull of the PC.