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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 26 April 2012
MSI launches Ivy Bridge-based gaming notebook
Micro-Star International (MSI) has shifted its focus from consumer notebooks to gaming models, and on April 24 launched a new model equipped with Ivy Bridge Core i7-3610M processor...
Wednesday 25 April 2012
PC vendors launch products with new Ivy Bridge processors
PC brand vendors have been aggressively unveiling their latest notebook products featuring Intel's third-generation Ivy Bridge-based Core processors, including Hewlett-Packard's (HP's)...
Tuesday 24 April 2012
Newmax aggressively striving for notebook camera orders
Taiwan-based optical lens maker Newmax Technology is aggressive trying to land high quality optical lens orders from ultrabook and notebook players, according to sources from upstream...
Tuesday 24 April 2012
Strong short-term orders may appear for component makers in 2Q12 or 3Q12
Due to their order visibility greatly shrinking from half a year originally to about 2-3 months after Japan's earthquake in March 2011, upstream component makers believe if demand...
Tuesday 24 April 2012
Notebook players ready to host investor meetings
Notebook players including Inventec, Acer, Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics and Asustek Computer are all set to host their investor meeting before the end of April.
Tuesday 24 April 2012
HP, Dell and Asustek said to plan launch of 15-inch ultrabooks without an ODD
As Apple reportedly may remove the design of the internal optical disc drive (ODD) for its new MacBook Pro and make it an optional pick, sources from supply chain pointed out that...
Friday 20 April 2012
Global notebook shipments to reach 55 million units in 2Q12, says Digitimes Research
A total of 55 million notebooks will be shipped globally during the second quarter of 2012, increasing 17.6% on quarter and 9.5% on year, according to a forecast by Digitimes Resea...
Friday 20 April 2012
China-based notebook component makers unlikely to replace Taiwan-based ones in five years, say Taiwan makers
In response to Intel's support for China-based component makers to become supply chain makers for ultrabooks, Taiwan-based makers indicated that it will be difficult for China-based...
Wednesday 18 April 2012
Taiwan market: 1.64 million PCs sold in 2011, says GfK
There were 1.64 million desktops and notebooks sold in the Taiwan market in 2011, growing 5.1% from 2010, with a total sales value of NT$29.5 billion (US$967 million), according to...
Tuesday 17 April 2012
Delta, Coolermaster aggressively entering cooling module supply chain to notebook ODMs
Delta Electronics and Coolermaster are reportedly getting aggressive about entering the supply chain of the notebook industry for cooling module products and the two players' entrance...
Tuesday 17 April 2012
Notebook ODMs to see 10-20% on-month shipment drop in April
Taiwan-based notebook ODMs are expected to see their shipments in April to suffer on-month drops of 10-20% as brand vendors are busy digesting their Sandy Bridge-based model inventories...
Monday 16 April 2012
More passive component suppliers post double-digit growth in March sales
Following announcements made by Yageo and Holy Stone Enterprise of more than 10% sales growth sequentially in March 2012, Ta-I Technology, Honey Hope Honesty (3H) and Podak have joined...
Thursday 12 April 2012
PC Market returns to positive growth, though gains remain small, says IDC
The worldwide PC market saw a slight increase in volume during the first quarter of 2012 compared to the same quarter in 2011, with shipments rising 2.3%, according to the IDC Worldwide...
Thursday 12 April 2012
Intel expected to bring forward the launch of Ivy Bridge
Intel, which originally planned to announce its new Ivy Bridge processors on April 29, is expected to bring forward the announcement to April 23 with Asustek computer, Acer, Lenovo...
Wednesday 11 April 2012
Acer sees decreased March revenues
Acer on April 10 reported non-consolidated revenues of NT$31.75 billion (US$1.07 billion) for March, dropping 15.4% on month and 22.08% on year. January-March non-consolidated revenues...