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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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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...
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.
Thursday 17 November 2011
Compal reportedly receives extra orders from Lenovo and Dell
Compal Electronics reportedly has received extra orders from Lenovo and Dell for 2011 and will become the two notebook vendors' largest ODM partner, according to sources from the...
Wednesday 16 November 2011
HP unveils business ultrabook
HP has introduced its first business ultrabook, which features a thin and light design, strong security options and a solid-state hard drive.
Tuesday 15 November 2011
Taiwan market: Channel retailers conservative about demand during IT Month Show in December
Channel retailers are turning conservative about the IT Month trading show in Taiwan in December, which is a show with promotion products that will usually boost consumer demand,...
Tuesday 15 November 2011
MacBook shipments to remain stable in 4Q11
Despite rumors about Apple perhaps reducing its shipment forecast for the fourth quarter spreading around in the IT market due to the company's chassis supplier Catcher Technology...
Tuesday 15 November 2011
Components for new 15-inch ultra-thin MacBook to start shipping in November
Upstream suppliers of Apple have recently started shipping a small volume of components for a 15-inch ultra-thin notebook model from Apple in November and the device could be either...
Friday 11 November 2011
Digitimes Research: Branded tablet PC shipments to grow 60% in 2012
Global branded tablet PC shipments in the fourth quarter are not expected to see growth creating concerns among market watchers whether the tablet PC market has already reached saturation,...
Friday 11 November 2011
Notebooks players bid on both Intel and ARM
As ARM has been aggressively cutting into the notebook industry, where Intel has dominated for a while, notebook players are adopting a strategy to bid on both ARM and Intel platforms...