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Thursday 25 December 2008
ECS to reorganize business
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) is reported to have started reorganizing its motherboard business and is planning to hire an ex-assistant president from Foxconn Electronics (Hon...
Thursday 11 December 2008
First-tier motherboard makers suffer on-year revenue drop in November except MSI
Of Taiwan's first-tier motherboard makers, only Micro-Star International (MSI) saw on-year revenues growth in November this year, while all others saw a decline.
Wednesday 10 December 2008
Asustek to suffer profits decline in 2008; subsidiary to halve China workforce
Asustek Computer may record a profits decline of 10-20% in 2008 due to excess inventory and missed projections, sources find. Meanwhile, affected by the parent company's downward...
Friday 5 December 2008
Asustek reduces guidance for 2008
Asustek Computer has reduced its notebook shipments goal for 2008 from originally six million units to only 5.6-5.7 million, but the company's netbook shipment goal will remain at...
Thursday 4 December 2008
First-tier motherboard makers planning layoffs
With Asustek Computer unlikely to meet its original annual shipments goal for both notebooks and motherboards, while annual profits in 2008 are also likely to drop compared to 2007,...
Wednesday 3 December 2008
AMD updates chipset schedule for next year
AMD plans to launch a new entry-level IGP chipset, the 760G based on RS780 architecture, in January 2009. The chipset will support DirectX 10 and Shader Model 4.0, but will not support...
Wednesday 26 November 2008
Motherboard shipments to drop 15% on quarter in 4Q08, says paper
Motherboard shipments in the fourth quarter this year are expected to drop 15% on quarter, and performance next year will be worse than in 2001, when the demand hit rock bottom, according...
Wednesday 26 November 2008
Gigabyte discusses performance in 2008; to launch 3.5G netbooks next year
Although Gigabyte Technology recently reduced its annual motherboard shipments goal from 20 million to 19 million units, shipments from the company's branded segment will still reach...
Monday 24 November 2008
Protection devices supplier Polytronics expects explosive growth for LED heat sink substrates in 2H09
Protection devices supplier Polytronics Technology expects that overall sales will decline 10% in 2009 due to weak demand for printed circuit boards (PCBs) and motherboards, but in...
Thursday 20 November 2008
MSI to launch Atom-based all-in-one PCs in January 2009
Micro-Star International (MSI) has revealed that the company is planning to launch three Wind Neton all-in-one desktop PCs in January next year with a price ranging between US$399-799,...
Wednesday 19 November 2008
Intel Core i7 processor demand will not pickup until 3Q09, say motherboard makers
Although Intel claims to have already shipped around 100,000 Intel Core i7 CPUs, some motherboard makers point out that due to the impact of the dropping global economy affecting...
Wednesday 19 November 2008
Biostar launches Intel X58-based motherboard
Biostar Microtech International has unveiled a top of the line motherboard for next generation Intel platform-TPower X58 based on Nehalem architecture.
Friday 14 November 2008
Motherboard and graphics card makers cutting back
Several motherboard and graphics card makers saw serious overstock problems in the second half this year and started to cut prices several months ago in order to clear their inventory...
Wednesday 12 November 2008
IC designers Anpec and Ralink lower 4Q sales target on weak orders from mobo and notebook clients
IC design houses Anpec Electronics and Ralink Technology have lowered their fourth-quarter guidances because of weakend orders from motherboard and notebook clients respectively,...
Monday 10 November 2008
Asustek, ECS and Pegatron see on-month revenues drop, while MSI sees boost in October
Although Asustek Computer originally expected consolidated revenues in October would score an historical monthly high, due to the falling global economy, the company's actual consolidated...