Hardware & Devices

Taipei – November 09, 2026 -- Acer Inc. (TWSE: 2353) reported consolidated October revenues of NT$26.39 billion, the highest for the month in five years and up 24.3% year-on-year. Year-to-October revenues reached NT$275.94 billion, up 24.0% and the highest for the period in 13 years.

PC revenues rise 21.1% year-to-October, led by desktops and commercial lines

Total PC revenues grew 17.8% year-on-year in October and 21.1% year-to-October. Desktop PC revenues rose 34.4% in October and 30.5% year-to-date.

The commercial line was the strongest core category over the longer period, growing 42.2% in October and 37.7% year-to-October.

Chromebook revenues double in October while tablets surge 756.3%

Chromebook revenues climbed 113.5% year-on-year in October, though year-to-October growth was a more modest 13.7%. Tablet revenues jumped 756.3% in October and 54.3% year-to-October.

Shanghai – September 18, 2026 -- DFRobot opened preorders for seeMote Cap, a $229 mountable spatial tracking module for Apple Vision Pro developers, with first units shipping in late September 2026.

Device attaches to existing tools instead of requiring custom controllers

seeMote Cap mounts directly onto tools engineers already use, including screwdrivers, lab instruments, training devices, and teaching models. Its 6DoF tracking captures the position, orientation, and motion of the attached tool, letting developers map real-world movements into visionOS app logic while preserving the original grip and workflow.

San Francisco – September 16, 2026 -- Shareholder rights firm Hagens Berman is investigating International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM) for potential securities law violations after CEO Arvind Krishna disclosed a Q2 2026 earnings shortfall on September 16, 2026 that wiped out over $68 billion in market capitalization in a single trading day, sending IBM shares down 25%.

IBM's Z mainframe business drove a sudden reversal from prior growth guidance

On September 16, 2026, IBM reported quarterly revenue gains of 15% in Infrastructure, 28% in Hybrid Infrastructure, and 51% in IBM Z, with management projecting constant-currency revenue growth of "5-plus percent" for 2026 and a similar growth rate for the second quarter. Executives at the time called it a "tremendous start" and a "record start" for the z17 mainframe, launched in April 2025 as IBM's flagship system for large-scale AI processing.

Taipei – – September 12, 2026 -- Acer Inc. (TWSE: 2353) posted consolidated revenue of NT$30.18 billion in August, up 38.4% year-on-year, marking the company's strongest August performance in 13 years.

Year-to-date revenue climbs 25.1% to NT$214.81 billion

Cumulative revenue through August reached NT$214.81 billion, a 25.1% increase over the same period last year and also a 13-year high for the January-to-August window.

PC segment growth accelerates on desktop and Chromebook demand

PC revenue rose 40.5% YoY in August and 22.6% YoY year-to-date. Desktop PC sales grew 14.5% YoY in August and 33.4% YoY year-to-date, a gain Acer attributed to increased AI usage. Chromebook revenue surged 166.3% YoY in August, bringing the year-to-date increase to 11.7%. Commercial-line revenue expanded 60.6% YoY in August and 38.9% YoY over eight months.

Kawasaki, Japan – September 11, 2026 -- Fujitsu has developed the world's first working prototype of a diamond-spin quantum computer that integrates tin-vacancy (SnV) centers into photonic integrated circuits, a milestone the company says advances the path toward scalable quantum systems.

Prototype runs at -271.6°C, warmer than superconducting rivals

The device operates at -271.6°C, a higher temperature threshold than the -273.13°C required by typical superconducting quantum computers. Fujitsu demonstrated in a test environment that the prototype can be operated via its Hybrid Quantum Computing Platform without requiring specialist quantum expertise, a factor that could lower operational barriers for enterprise adopters.