Taiwan Circuit Board Association (TPCA) and ITRI Industrial Economics and Trend Research Center (IEK), under the guidance of the Ministry of Economic Affairs technical guidance, held in early September, "PCB industry trend series of seminars -2012 second half of the PCB boom wind ball" , Invited Gartner research director Cai Huifen, ITRI IEK manager Zhao Zuyou, IEK senior analyst Jiang Bofeng, analysis of "PC and Media Tablet Dynamics to 2013", "Japan and South Korea PCB industry competitiveness analysis", and "Taiwan PCB industry review 2012 Half of the year and look forward to the second half of the year and explore the Google Project Glass to the PCB industry revelation "and other three major PCB industry related topics.

    Gartner boldly predicted that since Steve Jobs opened a serial service ecosystem, PC as the only use of the device era is coming to an end. The future of personal cloud (personal cloud) will replace the PC as the core of consumer digital life, a variety of networking devices will be more products and services as the focus, the use of device flexibility will also replace the hardware requirements. Personal cloud technology so that such as Smart Phone, Tablets and other handheld terminal products can not be limited to fixed on the point, in the past to rely on open the PC to do things, and now all Internet devices can do, through the cloud can quickly get the same content, Let the PC no longer be the main hub.

    In the past, Taiwan's emphasis on hardware innovation of the PC manufacturers, by the rise of personal cloud technology, as "dark clouds" like the unprecedented pressure, at this stage all think of hardware and software services how to integrate, against Smart Phone, Tablets and other handheld product. On the other hand, by the Apple iOS system, the rise of Android system, so that the rapid decline in market share of Microsoft systems, so Microsoft developed a fully applicable in the PC, NB, Ultrabook, Tablets and other electronic products Windows 8 operating system to respond. Taiwan PC industry to actively develop can have the power, touch function and cloud wisdom of the Ultrabook to match the Windows 8 system, hoping to turn the tide in the end consumer market.