Focus Taiwan
Date: 01/24/2020
By: Jeffrey Wu and Frances Huang
Taipei, Jan. 24 (CNA) Two Taiwanese PC makers, Acer Inc. and Asustek Computer Inc., were again ranked in the top 10 worldwide in terms of shipments, although their market shares declined slightly in 2019, according to global market information advisory firm Gartner.
Gartner data showed that Acer maintained its place at fifth on the list, with shipments of 14.76 million PCs in 2019, although that number represented a 6.1 percent annual decline and the company's global market share fell to 5.7 percent from 6.1 percent the previous year.
Meanwhile, Asustek retained its ranking as the world's sixth largest PC vendor in 2019, despite an annual drop in its global market share from 5.9 percent to 5.5 percent and a 6.2 percent annual decline in shipments to 14.48 million units, the data showed.
Globally, PC shipments rose 0.6 percent in 2019 from a year earlier to 261.24 million units, returning to growth for the first time in seven years, according to Gartner. [FULL STORY]