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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 25 August 2011
Acer reports losses for 2Q11
Acer has announced preliminary financial results for the second quarter of 2011 with consolidated revenues of NT$102.1 billion (US$3.5 billion), down 32% on year, while operating losses...
Tuesday 23 August 2011
HannStar Board and GBM notebook PCB orders unlikely to be affected by HP spin-off
Sales of notebook-use PCBs at HannStar Board and Global Brands Manufacture (GBM) are unlikely to be affected by Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) plans to spin-off its PC unit, according to...
Tuesday 23 August 2011
HP spin-off plan undermining peak-season effects for IC parts in 3Q11
Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) intention to spin off its PC unit will further undermine the already weaker-than-expected peak-season effects for the third quarter of 2011 and even drive...
Tuesday 23 August 2011
Samsung reportedly contacted Taiwan OEMs for evaluating notebook outsourcing
Korea-based notebook brand vendor Samsung Electronics has reportedly contacted Taiwan-based notebook makers Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics and Pegatron Technology in August to...
Tuesday 23 August 2011
HP PC spin-off plan may cause fierce PC price competition in 4Q11
Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) plan of spin off its PC business has already caused a great impact to the PC industry and with the company reportedly already started working on plans to reduce...
Monday 22 August 2011
Development of electronics manufacturing bases in China's central and western regions
The recently published 12th Five Year Plan clearly states the government's intention to reform the country's industrial structure, meaning there will be a shift in focus from eastern...
Friday 19 August 2011
Taiwan market: Notebooks seeing better sales than desktops during back-to-school season
Back-to-school demand in Taiwan's PC market has already started to appear, and demand from students for notebooks is much stronger than for desktops with a sales ratio of 6:4, according...
Thursday 18 August 2011
Notebook component makers modify products to fit Ultrabooks
Taiwan-based makers of notebook components such as cooling fans, heat-pipes and bearings are all working on shrinking their components to fit into Ultrabooks as the machines required...
Thursday 18 August 2011
Digitimes Insight: Ultrabook key lies in penetration of ULV CPUs in mainstream notebook market
Facing tablet PCs' assault and Apple MacBook Air's strong performance, Intel and notebook supply chain players have been pushing Ultrabook products aggressively, hoping to re-boost...
Thursday 18 August 2011
Intel to ship new netbook platform in November
Intel recently adjusted the launch schedule of its next-generation netbook platform, Cedar Trail-M, from September to November because the platform has encountered some graphics driver...
Thursday 18 August 2011
US government spending cuts expected to affect enterprise PC players
Demand for enterprise PCs is expected to be significantly impacted by the US government's plans to reduce its spending. Major enterprise PC brand vendors including Hewlett-Packard...
Tuesday 16 August 2011
Taiwan notebooks – 2Q 2011
On an annual basis, Taiwan's second-quarter notebook shipments declined. But the on-year decline of 0.9% was less steep than 3.4% drop seen in the first quarter, showing that the market...
Tuesday 16 August 2011
Intel rejects 50% Ultrabook CPU price cut demand from notebook players
Intel, facing notebook players' demand of supplying Ultrabook CPUs at a price 50% lower than original to help increase their profitability, rejected the proposal and is only willing...
Tuesday 16 August 2011
Tablet players expected to cut price to digest inventory overstock
Non-Apple tablet PC players, facing the fact their devices are having weaker sales than their order volumes, while demand from the retail channel has been quickly shrinking, are expected...
Friday 12 August 2011
Nvidia takes up over 50% of discrete notebook graphics card market in 2Q11
Nvidia saw its share in the discrete notebook graphics card market edge up 8.9pp to 50.6% in the second quarter of 2011, with the ratio likely to continue to move up in the third quarter...