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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 24 June 2011
Pegatron expected to see losses in 2Q11, to start recovering in 3Q11
Pegatron Technology is expected to continue to see losses in its second-quarter results after suffering from a net loss of NT$559 million (US$19.39 million), or NT$0.25 per share,...
Friday 24 June 2011
Quanta reportedly wins major mainstream notebook orders for 1H12 from Asustek
Asustek Computer reportedly has completed the distribution of its notebook orders for the first half of 2012, with Quanta Computer likely to win orders for 40% of mainstream notebook...
Friday 24 June 2011
Apple notebook upstream supply chain to run in full gear starting July
Makers in the upstream supply chain for Apple notebook products will run in full gear starting July preparing needed parts and components for the vendor's new MacBook Air models, according...
Thursday 23 June 2011
Ultra-thin notebooks to boost demand for lithium-polymer batteries
Market demand for lithium-polymer batteries, which are used mainly in products such as tablet PCs or notebooks with ultra-thin designs, is expected to increase significantly as ultra-thin...
Thursday 23 June 2011
Hard drive supply gap estimated to widen to 15-20 million units in 3Q11
Global hard drive demand in the third quarter is estimated to reach as high as 180 million units with the five major hard drive makers only capable of supplying 160-165 million units,...
Thursday 23 June 2011
PC industry should be re-evaluated, says Wistron chairman
Wistron chairman Simon Lin, on June 22, commenting on the impact of tablet PCs, described Apple's launch of iPad as a never-seen move, and it will take some time to figure out how...
Thursday 23 June 2011
Asustek takes shipment lead in non-Apple tablet PCs
Asustek Computer has become the largest tablet PC brand in the non-Apple tablet PC group with shipments of 400,000 units in the first half of 2011, according to sources from notebook...
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...