Attendees view the Acer Inc. Switch 7 laptop computer powered by the Intel Corp. i7 processor at the company's booth during the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. Electric and driverless cars will remain a big part of this year's CES, as makers of high-tech cameras, batteries, and AI software vie to climb into automakers' dashboards. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
Acer Inc is finally showing signs of life. Now it’s hoping a growing legion of gamers will help pull it out of a multi-year rut.
Once the global leader in laptop sales, Acer is counting on high-end gear such as displays and slick gaming rigs to sustain a recovery, with the company projected to show its first annual revenue growth in seven years. Chief executive officer Jason Chen argued in an interview that gaming and eSports will buttress a turnaround effort based on linking its hardware to virtual reality and artificial intelligence-based applications.
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