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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 23 June 2011
Notebook industry may not see peak season effects in 2H11
The notebook industry is unlikely to return to its usual seasonal pattern of having shipment proportions of 4:6 for the first and the second halves in 2011 as the US and Europe are...
Wednesday 22 June 2011
Several vendors plan to offer ARM-architecture notebooks
Several vendors, including Samsung Electronics, Toshiba, Acer and Asustek Computer, plan to develop ARM architecture notebooks, with products possibly to be launched as early as the...
Tuesday 21 June 2011
Metal chassis models expected to account for 40% of 2011 notebook shipments
Of the global notebook shipments in 2011, 40% of the models are expected to adopt metal chassis and the proportion is expected to continue rising in the future, according to sources...
Tuesday 21 June 2011
Compal signs contract with Chongqing government for investment, says paper
Taiwan-based Compal Electronics, on June 20, signed a contract with the government of Chongqing, China and is set to establish new production plants in the city, according to a Chinese-language...
Tuesday 21 June 2011
Taiwan market: HP to push WebOS-based tablet PC and smartphone in 2H11
First-tier PC brand vendor Hewlett-Packard (HP) is set to add its TouchPad tablet PC and smartphone as new products line in the IT market, to help fill in the gap of its cloud computing...
Tuesday 21 June 2011
Intel to launch Ivy Bridge in March 2012
Intel has recently decided to launch its next-generation Ivy Bridge CPU in March of 2012, back from its original schedule at the end of 2011 to allow a better transition between the...
Tuesday 21 June 2011
Optical drive shipments expected to grow 5-10% sequentially in 3Q11
Taiwan-based optical drive maker Lite-On IT and Quanta Storage expect their shipments in the third quarter will only grow as high as 5-10% due to the unclear order visibility despite...
Tuesday 21 June 2011
HP, Acer set eyes on the enterprise PC market
First-tier global PC brand vendors Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Acer are both placing their focus on the enterprise market in the second half of 2011 with HP recently launching 22 new...
Monday 20 June 2011
Foxconn restructuring computer business group
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is reportedly restructuring its CMMSG (computer module move and service group) and may relocate up to 20-30% of the group's workforce...
Friday 17 June 2011
Getac launches X500 ultra rugged notebook
Rugged notebook maker Getac Technology has recently released its X500 ultra rugged notebook aiming to win orders from military bidding projects. The X500 is powered by an Intel Core...
Friday 17 June 2011
Inland cities of China facing labor shortage
Although most Taiwan-based notebook makers and related component makers are establishing new production lines in inland (Western) China to resolve their employee shortage issues,...
Friday 17 June 2011
Notebook ODMs becoming conservative over 2H11 outlook
Notebook ODMs including Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics and Wistron have become more conservative about the business outlook for the second half of 2011 due to drastically changing...
Thursday 16 June 2011
Acer may fall out of the worldwide top-3 notebook ranking in 2Q11
As Acer is still working on resolving its notebook inventory issues and expects to suffer a sequential shipment drop of 10% in the second quarter, Lenovo, the fourth-largest global...
Thursday 16 June 2011
Acer reducing 2011 tablet PC shipment target by 50%
Acer, on June 15, announced that the company has reduced its annual tablet PC shipment forecast from originally 5-7 million units to only 2.5-3 million units, a drop close to 50%...
Tuesday 14 June 2011
AMD announces A series APUs for mainstream PCs
AMD has announced the availability of the new high-performance AMD Fusion A series accelerated processing units (APUs) for consumer notebooks and desktops.