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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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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, while...
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% and...
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.
Tuesday 14 June 2011
Acer notebook shipments in retail channel expected to surpass 3 million in June
Acer's notebook shipments in the retail channel are expected to surpass three million units in June and if the company's upstream partners such as Compal Electronics, Wistron and Quanta...
Monday 13 June 2011
Taiwan-based firms need to focus on niche markets to win, says AUO chairman
South-Korea based Samsung Electronics has been a customer, supplier and competitor to Taiwan-based firms in DRAM and LCD panels. In order for Taiwan-based firms to win, chairman of...
Monday 13 June 2011
Shuttle expands New Notebook Ecosystem to tablet PCs
Shuttle has extended its New Notebook Ecosystem, a self-established ODM practice to integrate supply chain resources in an attempt to increase global market shares for second-tier...
Friday 10 June 2011
Inventec to lower notebook revenues to 50% in 2012
Notebook ODM Inventec plans to lower the ratio of notebook business to its total sales to 50% in 2012 from 70% projected for 2011, according to company chairman Richard Lee. Inventec's...
Thursday 9 June 2011
Asustek to sell new ultra-thin notebook at a price US$100 cheaper than MacBook Air
Taiwan-based notebook brand vendor Asustek Computer, which showcased its latest ultra-thin 11.6-inch UX21 notebook at Computex 2011, is expected to set the model's price at US$100...
Thursday 9 June 2011
Foxconn will not quit notebook manufacturing, says company chairman
Taiwan-based electronics manufacturing service (EMS) provider Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) chairman Terry Guo, at a recent investors meeting, stated that Foxconn...
Thursday 9 June 2011
Quanta, Wistron, Inventec see mixed results in May
Taiwan-based notebook makers Quanta Computer, Wistron and Inventec reported mixed results in May revenues. Quanta and Wistron both saw growth in notebook shipments in the month.
Thursday 9 June 2011
Acer places orders for 80,000 Z series APUs from AMD for tablet PCs
Acer has recently placed orders for 80,000 Z series APUs from AMD for use in tablet PCs, targeting the enterprise market, according to sources from upstream component makers. However,...