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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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Friday 30 September 2011
HP to not finalize its spin-off plans until year-end 2011; trying to revive employee morale
Hewlett-Packard (HP) reportedly will not finalize its plans to spin off its PC units until the end of the year and is trying to revive morale among its employees. HP will continue...
Thursday 29 September 2011
Ultrabooks expected to impact tablet PCs
With notebook players such as Acer, Asustek Computer as well as Lenovo, Toshiba, Samsung Electronics and Hewlett-Packard (HP) all set launch ultrabooks in the near future, sources...
Thursday 29 September 2011
Acer, Asustek to join new Tizen project
Asustek Computer and Acer are both set to add development for the recently announced Tizen operating system project, while High Tech Computer (HTC) is currently evaluating its decision,...
Tuesday 27 September 2011
China market: End of rural subsidy programs expected to impact notebook ODMs, says paper
The rural subsidy programs implemented in China's, Shandong, Henan, Sichuan and Qingdao provinces, to help civilians purchase electronics products, will end in November, and Taiwan...
Tuesday 27 September 2011
Notebook upstream players suffer from labor and electricity shortage in Chongqing
Notebook upstream players that have investments in Chongqing, China - including component and notebook makers - are facing labor and electricity shortages in the city and the issues...
Tuesday 27 September 2011
Global HDD shipments to grow only 3% sequentially in 3Q11
Global hard disc drive (HDD) shipments are expected to grow slightly by 3% in the third quarter, up from 165 million units in the second, while shipments in the fourth quarter are...
Tuesday 27 September 2011
Rising minimum wage in China to seriously impact PC component suppliers
To counter domestic inflation, several provinces in China including Guangdong and Jilin are set to increase their minimum wage in early 2012, while cities such as Chongqing, where...
Monday 26 September 2011
Smart grids spur massive demand for lithium ion batteries, says IHS
The expected proliferation of electrical smart grids during the next decade will generate nearly US$6 billion worth of demand by 2020 for lithium ion batteries used mainly in energy...
Friday 23 September 2011
Taiwan market: Notebook vendors cut prices to boost sales
Branded notebook vendors recently slashed prices of their notebooks, including high-end models, sold in the Taiwan market as sales momentum has slowed down due to the ever-changing...
Friday 23 September 2011
HP likely to cancel plans to spin off PC unit
Hewlett-Packard (HP) may back off from its previous announcement to spin off its PC business unit if CEO Leo Apotheker is ousted as is being reported, according to notebook makers...
Thursday 22 September 2011
Notebook players pessimistic about ability of Ice Cream Sandwich to defeat iOS
Notebook players, seeing that first-tier brand vendors such as RIM, Motorola and Hewlett-Packard (HP) are all backing away from the tablet PC bandwagon, are turning pessimistic about...
Thursday 22 September 2011
Acer to ship 40,000 notebooks by rail across China and Europe
Acer will ship 40,000 notebooks by railroad across Chongqing, China and Duisburg, Germany. The shipments are expected to arrive in Europe in two weeks.
Thursday 22 September 2011
Acer enjoying strong short-term notebook orders for Europe
Acer, benefiting from Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) uncertainty about its PC business, has started receiving strong notebook orders from channels in Europe with volumes, as of September...
Wednesday 21 September 2011
Notebook replacement boom will not happen until 2H12, say Taiwan makers
The global large-scale replacement of notebooks, due to negative economic impacts and strong competition from iPad, will not happen until the second half of 2012 when the combination...
Tuesday 20 September 2011
Asustek expects 4Q11 notebook shipments to be at 3.6 million units
Taiwan-based notebook brand vendor Asustek Computer expects its notebook shipments in the fourth quarter to be at around 3.6 million units if the overall global economy does not fluctuate...