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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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Monday 9 January 2012
Digitimes Research: Taiwan notebook shipments sink 5.7% on quarter in 4Q11
Shipments of notebooks by Taiwan makers posted a decline of 5.7% on quarter and 4.4% on year in the fourth quarter of 2011, affected by a downturn in the global economy and shortage...
Monday 9 January 2012
CES 2012: Acer unveils Aspire S5 ultrabook
Acer has unveiled its latest ultrabook with the Aspire S5, an ultra-slim device that measures only 15mm at the maximal point. It weighs less than 1.35kg (less than 3 lbs) and is built...
Friday 6 January 2012
Acer asks suppliers to keep production during Lunar New Year holidays, say sources
Acer reportedly has asked its partners in the supply chain, mostly in China, to keep their operations and shipments normal during the Lunar New Year holidays except taking one day...
Tuesday 27 December 2011
Darfon looks to increase share in notebook keyboard market
Darfon Electronics expects its share in the global notebook keyboard market to continue to grow in 2012 along with the launch of ultrabook models by branded vendors, according to the...
Tuesday 27 December 2011
Intel Thunderbolt to be more widely available in April
Intel has recently notified its partners that the company will fully release its Thunderbolt technology in April of 2012 with several first-tier PC players already preparing to launch...
Friday 23 December 2011
Quanta expected to see 20% sequential decrease in December notebook shipments
Mainly Due to short supply of hard disk drives (HDD) arising from the impact of flooding in Thailand, Taiwan-based ODM maker Quanta Computer's shipments of notebook PCs in December...
Thursday 22 December 2011
MSI unveils gaming notebook with Intel Core i7 CPU
Micro-Star International (MSI) has announced its latest gaming notebook - GT780DX, featuring quad-core Intel Core i7 CPU and the latest Nvidia GeForce GTX 570M discrete graphics card...
Thursday 22 December 2011
Taiwan ODMs facing pressure from Lenovo
Taiwan-based ODMs are expected to face significant pressure from Lenovo's plan of establishing production bases in Japan and South America, according to sources from the upstream supply...
Thursday 22 December 2011
Intel drops Sandy Bridge CPU prices
Intel has recently notified its partners of plans to reduce prices of the existing Sandy Bridge-based processors with some Core i3 and i5 series processors to see a drop of 10-15%,...
Wednesday 21 December 2011
AMD updates A-series APUs
AMD has updated its A-series lineup of desktop and notebook accelerated processing units (APUs), further improving its family of dual- and quad-core APUs. Along with speed and performance...
Tuesday 20 December 2011
CES 2012 may not help pump up demand
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2012, which will be hosted from January 10-13 in 2012, may not help pump up consumer demand afterward as there are not expected to be many new innovations...
Tuesday 20 December 2011
Notebook ODMs picking up the pace in inland China production
Notebook ODMs such as Quanta Computer and Compal Electronics have both recently picked up their pace in production in inland China with Compal's plants in Chengdu set to produce 10...
Thursday 15 December 2011
Compal to start pilot run at plants in Chengdu, China, says paper
Compal Electronics is set to start pilot production at its plants in Chengdu, China on December 19 with initial output to reach more than 1,000 notebooks each month, according to a...
Thursday 15 December 2011
Compal dismisses recruitment freeze rumor, says paper
Compal Electronics reportedly froze all recruitment activities in October and November in response to the market uncertainties resulted from the debt crisis in Europe, but company...
Thursday 15 December 2011
Notebook-related IC designers to see revenues decline 10-20% in 4Q11, 1Q12
Notebook-related IC designers including Ene Technology, Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) and ITE Tech are expected to see their revenues decline in a range of 10-20% sequentially...