Era of personal computers past: Taiwan executive

Want China Times, CNA 2012-11-20

Gemteck Technology President Chen Hung-wen
 predicts the new era of mobile IT. (Photo/Yen Chien-lung)

  

The era of personal computers has past.

The sooner the local information technology industry realizes this and adapts accordingly, the better it will be for that sector, an executive of a local electronics company said Monday.

Speaking at a conference of investors, Gemteck Technology president Chen Hung-wen predicted that the global business slump will continue for quite a while as the economic stimulus programs in various countries have not spurred a strong recovery thus far.

Taiwan's information technology industry, one of the pillars of the country's economy, is taking the brunt of the global slump, he said.

In particular, the export-oriented personal computer business is faltering and is losing its significance in the mobile telecom industry, said Chen, whose company provides wireless broadband solutions.

The miserable situation of many local dynamic random access memory makers has resulted from their failure to transform themselves from makers of PC components to mobile telecom providers, he said.

He urged Taiwan's information technology industry to undertake transformation and grab the new opportunities arising from the mobile telecom industry.

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