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Thursday 7 April 2011
Taiwan market: Acer announces new Timeline notebooks; aims to sell 6 million units
Acer has announced its third-generation Timeline notebooks featuring Intel's Sandy Bridge processor and ultra-thin industrial design in Taiwan and the company is aiming to sell six...
Tuesday 29 March 2011
Acer, Asustek believe tablet PC to aid 2Q11 revenues, market watchers doubt it
Taiwan-based notebook brand vendors Acer and Asustek Computer are both optimistic about their tablet PC products can boost their revenues in the second quarter; however, market watchers...
Friday 25 March 2011
MSI outsources own-brand Sandy Bridge notebooks to Pegatron
Micro-Star International (MSI) has outsourced the production of its own-brand 15.6-inch Sandy Bridge notebook, the CX640, to Pegatron Technology in order to shore up its profitability...
Thursday 24 March 2011
Taiwan market: Fujitsu launches new Sandy Bridge notebooks
Japan-based notebook vendor Fujitsu has launched several new Intel Sandy Bridge-based notebooks including 15.6-inch LifeBook AH531 and LH531, 17.3-inch LifeBook NH751 in Taiwan; although...
Friday 18 March 2011
AMD to launch six Llano APUs in 3Q11 and another five in 4Q11
AMD will launch six Llano-series APUs for desktops in third-quarter 2011 and another five models in the fourth, in an apparent effort to take on Intel's Sandy Bridge CPUs, according...
Thursday 17 March 2011
Graphics-enabled microprocessor usage surges in 2011, says IHS iSuppli
The year 2011 will be the biggest period yet for graphics-enabled microprocessors (GEM), as the penetration of GEMs reaches 50% in notebooks and 45% in desktops, according to the...
Wednesday 9 March 2011
Asustek and Gigabyte shipping new Sandy Bridge products
Asustek Computer has recently started selling its latest PC products with Sandy Bridge chipsets in retail channels, and Gigabyte Technology is also set to release its Sandy Bridge...
Wednesday 9 March 2011
Taiwan market: HP launches Sandy Bridge notebooks
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has launched several new Intel Sandy Bridge-based notebooks in Taiwan, and as the company is starting to mass ship the notebook models in March, its upstream...
Monday 7 March 2011
Acer new Timeline notebooks to hit market in April, say sources
Acer's third-generation Timeline Sandy Bridge-based ultra-thin notebooks are expected to hit the market in April, according to industry sources. The new Timeline lineup will be available...
Thursday 3 March 2011
Acer takes less than 2 weeks to restock Intel Sandy Bridge notebooks
Acer took less than two weeks to re-produce notebooks with fixed Intel Sandy Bridge chipsets and ship them to retail channels worldwide; leading all other global brands, mainly due...
Thursday 24 February 2011
Taiwan market: Toshiba launches in-house made notebooks
Taiwan-based Grainew, the distributor of Toshiba in Taiwan, has recently announced several new in-house made notebooks under its R830, R840 and R850 series that feature panel sizes...
Tuesday 22 February 2011
Retail channel hoping for Sandy Bridge-based MacBook Pro by end of February
Apple may launch an upgraded version of MacBook Pro notebooks before the end of February with the possibility of adopting Intel's Sandy Bridge processor, according to sources from...
Friday 18 February 2011
Intel begins shipping fixed B3 stepping 6-series chipsets to first-tier makers
Intel has begun shipping its fixed B3 stepping 6-series chipsets to first-tier notebook and motherboard makers and a number of brand-name notebook vendors are expected to unveil their...
Wednesday 9 February 2011
Taiwan market: Channels worried about decreased DIY purchases due to Intel chipset problem
Problems in Intel series 6 chipsets (Cougar Point) will not cause substantial financial losses because Intel will replace defective chipsets, but Taiwan's DIY market see problems...
Friday 21 January 2011
New notebook platform and new chipsets to push demand for passive components in 2011
Passive component makers including Yageo and Walsin Technology are positive about the business outlook for 2011 as the launch of Intel's Sandy Bridge platform and G41 chipsets will...