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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 5 December 2011
Acer likely to return to profitability in 4Q11, says chairman
Acer is likely to swing from losses to profitability in the fourth quarter of 2011 due to increased sales from more profitable product lines, according to chairman JT Wang.
Thursday 1 December 2011
Acer to supply notebooks to students in Australia
Acer Australia has won a Queensland Department of Education and Training (DET) tender to supply notebooks for round three of the National Secondary School Computer Fund. This contract...
Thursday 1 December 2011
Gigabyte, MSI have not yet planned ultrabooks
Micro-Star International (MSI) and Gigabyte Technology have not yet made plans for ultrabook product lines as both players are still seeing losses in their notebook businesses, according...
Thursday 1 December 2011
Acer to cut ultrabook prices to US$799-899 in 2Q12, says company president
Acer expects its ultrabook prices will be able to drop from US$1,000 currently to US$799-899 in the second quarter of 2012, a decline of 20%, and will drop further to US$499 in 2013...
Wednesday 30 November 2011
Strong Black Friday sales do not represent economic recovery, say PC players
Despite that total purchasing on Black Friday is estimated to have amounted at US$11.4 billion, up 6.6% on year, PC players are still conservative about upcoming demand since the strong...
Wednesday 30 November 2011
PC vendors hike prices to reflect adoption of larger capacity HDDs
To cope with hard disk drive (HDD) shortages due to flooding in Thailand, HDD vendors have devoted more production to high-capacity and higher-profitability models, forcing PC vendors...
Tuesday 29 November 2011
Windows-on-ARM platform to join notebook competition in June 2013
Windows on ARM (WoA), a combination of Windows 8 and ARM-based processors, is expected to make an official appearance at the end of 2012 and will try to compete in the notebook market...
Tuesday 29 November 2011
PC vendors to see serious HDD shortages starting December, says Acer VP
As PC brand vendors' hard disc drive (HDD) inventory level will soon hit bottom, vendors will start experiencing HDD shortages in December and the problem will reach its peak in February...
Tuesday 29 November 2011
Acer, Lenovo to launch quad-core tablet PCs
Acer and Lenovo are set to launch quad-core tablet PCs featuring Google's Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and Nvidia's Tegra 3 in the first quarter to compete against Asustek Computer,...
Thursday 24 November 2011
Acer to increase new notebook pricing by 2-3%; Asustek to follow suit, says paper
Facing rising hard drive prices, Acer vice president Scott Lin has recently confirmed that the company's newly-produced notebooks in December will all see their prices rise by NT$500-700...
Wednesday 23 November 2011
Acer, Asustek cooperate with panel makers for ultrabook panel development
Acer and Asustek Computer have been working with panel makers AU Optronics (AUO) and Chimei Innolux (CMI) separately to develop a new generation of full HD notebook panels with a resolution...
Tuesday 22 November 2011
Smartphone component makers penetrate ultrabook supply chain
Smartphone component makers including Primax Electronics and Merry Electronics have recently cut into ultrabook supply chain as ultrabook's requirement of featuring 0.7-0.8-inch thickness...
Tuesday 22 November 2011
Second wave of ultrabook launches to take place at CES 2012
Notebook brand vendors that have not yet released ultrabooks but plan to do so soon, such as Hewlett-Packard (HP), Samsung Electronics and Dell, as well as players that have already...
Friday 18 November 2011
Taiwan notebook vendors conservative about adoption of Nvidia Tegra 3
Taiwan-based notebook vendors are conservative about adopting Nvidia's Tegra 3 processors and may consider platforms developed by Qualcomm or Texas Instruments (TI) in 2012, according...
Friday 18 November 2011
BYD reportedly lands notebook order from Toshiba
Market rumors recently speculated that BYD has obtained notebook orders from Toshiba, marking the China-based firm's entry into the supply chain of the global top-10 PC vendors.