(1) Spencer E Ante, A New Tablet From Acer Challenges iPad on Price. Wall Street Journal, May 26, 2011.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304066504576343202672233760.html
Excerpt in the window of the print: The Acer Iconia Tab A500 joins an increasingly crowded tablet computer field, but is Android-based device to be competitively priced at $499.99--no small feat.
My oomment: It is only $50, or 10%, cheaper than iPad 2 (Wi-Fi only for both). I do not understand what the report says it is no small feat.
(2) Ralph Jennings, Acer Starts Making Laptops at New Factory in China. IDG News, May 26, 2011.
http://www.itworld.com/168623/acer-starts-making-laptops-new-factory-china
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Peter Clarke, SMIC stays in profit as sales, utilization slip. EETImes, May 19, 2011
http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4216174/SMIC-stays-in-profit-as-sales--utilization-slip
(on quarterly report for 1Q11: "manufacturing capacity utilization collapsed to 72.2 percent from 96.8 percent in 4Q10 * * * moving on to 65-nm and 40-nm CMOS [complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor] manufacturing processes * * * a net profit of $10.2 million on revenues of $370.6 million * * * The revenue was down 9.3 percent from $408.6 million in 4Q10)