In 1998, Acer got into a financial bind for the second time after Acer Semiconductor Manufacturing Inc. made bad investments and was subsequently sold to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. Acer's own brand didn't show signs of improvement in the USA, and after changing directors several times, it almost had to pull out of the market.
一九九八年宏二度面臨瓶頸，轉投資的德半導體虧損，後來轉售給台積電，自有品牌在美國的業務也沒有起色，經過多次換將，幾乎要全面退出市場。