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Taiwan notebook ODMs
Taiwan notebook Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs) account for more than 90% of global notebook production and Digitimes is there to provide daily updates on shipments, supplier contracts and financial data on the more than 10 Taiwan makers involved in notebook manufacturing.
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Thursday 10 May 2012
Compal reports revenue decline in April
Compal Electronics has announced consolidated revenues of NT$50.48 billion (US$1.72 billion), down 14.78% on month and 14.71% on year, with combined consolidated revenues from January...
Thursday 10 May 2012
Pegatron achieves growth in April revenues
Pegatron Technology has announced revenues of NT$57.9 billion (US$1.97 billion) for April, up 21.6% on month and 113% on year, while the company's combined revenues for the first four...
Wednesday 9 May 2012
Acer regains second-rank for 1Q12 notebook shipments, says IDC
Acer regained the status of the second-largest notebook vendor in terms of shipments in the first quarter of 2012, according to IDC.
Tuesday 8 May 2012
Dynapack April revenues hit record
Dynapack Interntional Technology, a Taiwan-based maker of battery packs for notebooks and tablets, generated consolidated revenues of NT$2.512 billion (US$85.2 million) in April, a...
Tuesday 8 May 2012
Inventec sees decreased April revenues
Taiwan-based ODM maker Inventec has reported revenues of NT$20.254 billion (US$687 million) for April, dipping 22.11% on month and 16.30% on year, while its January-April revenues...
Tuesday 8 May 2012
Getac, Bin Chuan announce revenue performance in April
Taiwan-based notebook chassis and component makers Getac Technology and Bin Chuan Enterprise have announced their revenues for April with Getac saw drop and Bin Chuan achieved grow...
Tuesday 8 May 2012
Wistron, Compal focus on touchscreen technologies
Notebook ODMs Wistron and Compal Electronics are optimistic Windows 8 will bring a new trend for touchscreen control, and the companies have been working aggressively in the touchscreen...
Tuesday 8 May 2012
AMD readies Trinity APU in May and preparing more CPUs for later
AMD is set to launch its latest A series APUs codenamed Trinity in May and will initially only release models for notebooks with models for desktops to wait until August, while the...
Thursday 3 May 2012
Chip demand for LCD TVs, monitors picking up
Demand for semiconductors used in LCD TVs and monitors has started picking up in May while notebook firms have stepped up their pace of orders, according to sources at IC design ho...
Thursday 3 May 2012
Toshiba and Panasonic reportedly may phase out from notebook fan market
Japan-based Toshiba and Panasonic are reportedly starting to lose their interest in notebook fan production and may gradually phase out from the industry, while Japan-based Nidec has...
Wednesday 2 May 2012
Notebook ODMs aggressively expanding chassis capacity for ultrabooks
Notebook ODMs, seeing that supply of metal chassis has been tight, are aggressively pushing chassis companies they are invested in to expand capacity, and are also adopting chassis...
Wednesday 2 May 2012
Compal expects 14.8% sequential growth in 2Q12 notebook shipments
Compal Electronics expects its notebook shipments in second-quarter 2012 to increase 14.8% on quarter to 9.3 million units, company president Ray Chen told an investor conference on...
Monday 30 April 2012
PC vendors reportedly facing challenges from Windows 8
Notebook brand vendors originally expected ultrabooks and Windows 8 to help start a new wave of PC replacement in the second half of 2012, but are reportedly facing great pressure...
Monday 30 April 2012
Quanta expects 2Q12 notebook shipments to grow 5-10% sequentially
Quanta Computer expects its notebook shipments in the second quarter of 2012 to increase 5-10% on quarter, the company said at an April 27 investors conference.
Thursday 26 April 2012
Notebook vendors to push ultra-like notebook models
The high prices of second-generation ultrabooks which are set to appear in early June of around US$1,000 are unlikely to help them win-over consumers; therefore, notebook vendors plan...