Acer's Market Share in LCD Displays Continues to Leap Forward; Company Sees 63% Year-on-Year Increase in Shipments; Maintains Number One Standalone LCD Ranking.

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Acer America Corporation, one of the leading worldwide suppliers of IT solutions, today announced that they increased their position as the number three provider LCDs in the North American market during Q1 2006 according to DisplaySearch. Acer showed a 63% increase in shipments when comparing Q1 2005 to Q1 2006, versus the industry average of 25%. After focusing on the LCD monitor market Acer has grown its North American market share consistently, rising from a 0.7% share in Q1'04 to a 6.7% market share position in Q1'06.

Acer stepped up its total North American LCD shipments from Q4 2005 to Q1 2006 by 4 percent, despite the quantity of units shipping industry-wide during this time period declining by 6 percent. During the quarter, Acer was the only company among the top three to grow the quantity of units shipped sequentially.

"Acer's ability to grow its unit volume shipments into North America from 31,000 units in the first quarter of 2004 to over 600,000 into this same market in the first quarter of this year is truly a remarkable achievement," said Chris Connery, vice president of market research at DisplaySearch. "While the LCD monitor market has been one of the hottest areas of growth in technology in the last two years, witnessing a unit volume growth of 86% in North America alone, Acer's growth in that same period of over 1800% is almost unprecedented."

About Acer America Corporation

Established in 1984 as a subsidiary of Acer Inc., Acer America Corporation designs and markets client and server solutions for professionals who require reliability, enhanced productivity and greater value of ownership. Acer ranks as the world's No. 4 branded PC vendor, designing easy, dependable IT solutions that empower people to reach their goals and enhance their life. Since spinning-off its manufacturing operation, Acer has focused on globally marketing its brand-name products: mobile and desktop PCs, servers, LCD monitors and e-business solutions for business, government, education, and home users. Acer's unique Channel Business Model has been instrumental in the company's latest success. The model encourages partners and suppliers to collaborate in a winning formula of supply-chain management, allowing Acer to provide customers with fresh technologies, competitive pricing, and quality service. Established in 1976, Acer Inc. employs 5,600 people supporting dealers and distributors in more than 100 countries. Revenues in 2005 reached US$9.7 billion. Please visit www.acer.com/us.